Housekeeper Maternity

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We want staff to love working with us and the families we serve. We want YOU to be here, shaping our vision for an outstanding service that gives women, families, and our midwives an extraordinary experience.

You will join a warm, supportive team of midwives and support staff who truly care about women's experience of pregnancy.

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration. After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Main duties of the job

The Housekeeper will support the multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of high quality care to patients and families. Duties include general housekeeping, overseeing departmental cleanliness, and overseeing maintenance. Ordering and stocking of ward supplies. Ensuring a safe and tidy working and patient environment including clinical areas and any other related duties at the discretion of the ward manager.

This role will predominately be based on central delivery suite, supporting the procurement of stock for CDS, CDS theatres and maternity triage. There may be an expectation to move to other areas within maternity services.

About us

With births of around 6000 per year, Bolton is the 'Supercentre' for the northwest, providing high quality compassionate care to the women of Bolton, Bury, Salford and beyond.

Recent improvements have led to a stronger focus on providing safe and compassionate care and this has increased opportunities to learn, develop and expand your career.

The Family Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children's services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women's and Children's services and has a credible and enviable reputation.

Date posted

07 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

241-84FC-25

Job locations

Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road

Bolton

BL4 0JR

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience of working in health care setting

Essential

Experience of working in health care setting with a range of client groups.
Experience of working within a team/team environment

Desirable

Experience of working in NHS
Experience of working as housekeeper

Basic literate and IT qualification

Essential

Evidence of Numerical & Verbal reasoning
IT skills
GCSE or equivalent standard of education

Desirable

Basic computer literacy Formal qualifications
IT qualification

Person Specification

Experience of working in health care setting

Essential

Experience of working in health care setting with a range of client groups.
Experience of working within a team/team environment

Desirable

Experience of working in NHS
Experience of working as housekeeper

Basic literate and IT qualification

Essential

Evidence of Numerical & Verbal reasoning
IT skills
GCSE or equivalent standard of education

Desirable

Basic computer literacy Formal qualifications
IT qualification

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.