Housekeeper

Division: Emergency surgery

Job Title: House Keeper

Band: Band 2

Location: Ward 103

Hours: 37.5hrs per week.

Managerially accountable to: Unit Manager/Ward sister

Professionally accountable to: Matron

Role Summary

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the environment meets the needs and expectations of the patients, visitors and the Ward/Unit. The post holder will work as an integral part of the ward team. The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of all patient facilities and services in the area and ensuring a clean, safe and comfortable environment.

The main elements of the role are ensuring the delivery of cleaning, stocking up monitoring of top up services, together with other specified tasks to meet individual ward demands as determined by the Senior Sister/Sister. The post holder will monitor quality standards, reporting deficiencies and recommending appropriate changes.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.