University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 2 Housekeeping Assistant

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Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic, hardworking people, who are looking to work at Solihull Hospital and join our family feel team. the right people for this position will hold a caring and Kind attitude towards all of our patients and service users and will support the cleaning across the site including the new Elective Hub theatre building.

The role will require cleaning training, and all this will be provided to a high spec through the starting induction.

Main duties of the job

This role will include:

Cleaning all patient areas, including bathrooms, communal areas, corridors and public areas. Using cleaning chemicals and working to our COSHH guidance.

We include food and beverage duties, which will be to cook and serve food on occasion to the patients and provide beverage services to our patients throughout the day.

This position will be across a 7-day week, and the hours we clean between are 7am - 10pm each day.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Details

Date posted

03 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 to £23,615 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9002724DO

Job locations

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *Good General Education to Secondary School
  • *Basic Level of literacy & numeracy
  • *Ability to read and write English

Desirable

  • *Food Safety Level 2

Experience

Essential

  • *Able to work as a team member
  • *Dealing with the public and ability to work under pressure

Desirable

  • *Experience working in the cleaning industry
  • *Previous NHS experience working in a similar role
  • *Catering experience

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • *Organisational skills
  • *Enthusiastic
  • *Flexible to the needs of the service
  • *Able to use initiative
  • *Willingness to undertake specific competencies to meet the full requirements of the role
  • *Physically able to undertake all duties and comply with relevant Trust policies
  • *Reliable
  • *Punctual
  • *Strong Communicator
  • *Friendly
  • *Ability to work shifts

Desirable

  • *Organisational skills
  • *Enthusiastic
  • *Flexible to the needs of the service
  • *Able to use initiative
  • *Willingness to undertake specific competencies to meet the full requirements of the role
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *Good General Education to Secondary School
  • *Basic Level of literacy & numeracy
  • *Ability to read and write English

Desirable

  • *Food Safety Level 2

Experience

Essential

  • *Able to work as a team member
  • *Dealing with the public and ability to work under pressure

Desirable

  • *Experience working in the cleaning industry
  • *Previous NHS experience working in a similar role
  • *Catering experience

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • *Organisational skills
  • *Enthusiastic
  • *Flexible to the needs of the service
  • *Able to use initiative
  • *Willingness to undertake specific competencies to meet the full requirements of the role
  • *Physically able to undertake all duties and comply with relevant Trust policies
  • *Reliable
  • *Punctual
  • *Strong Communicator
  • *Friendly
  • *Ability to work shifts

Desirable

  • *Organisational skills
  • *Enthusiastic
  • *Flexible to the needs of the service
  • *Able to use initiative
  • *Willingness to undertake specific competencies to meet the full requirements of the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Scott Devlin

scott.devlin@uhb.nhs.uk

01214245626

Details

Date posted

03 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 to £23,615 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9002724DO

Job locations

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL


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