Job summary
Deep Clean Housekeeper x 2 posts
Working across Trust sites
Monday to Friday 1000 - 1800
37.5 Hours per week
This is a new and exciting role within the Facilities Housekeeping team and will be supporting in the deep cleaning of all in-patients sites across the Trust. You will be required to work at all hospital sites on a periodic basis and sometimes at short notice so being able to arrange your own travel across the Black Country is imperative.Housekeeping provides services throughout the whole year. Candidates will be required to be flexible when there are service requirements and for training and personal development.
Main duties of the job
This role will involve the cleaning of all surfaces including fixtures and fittings, patient/clinical equipment and will require the use of ladders. There is an element of the role where the successful candidate will be required to remove light fittings, radiator covers and ventilation grilles using tools supplied by the Trust.
Full training in all areas of the role will be given.
You will be an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills to support the Estates & Facilities Department. Reporting to the Deep Clean Facilities Supervisor for all other aspects of their role including personnel line management.
Key areas of responsibility:
- To ensure the environment is cleaned to national standards
- Bed Making
- Curtain Changing
- Cleaning medical/hard equipment
- Report maintenance issues
- Remove and clean light fitting covers, radiator covers and vents where accessible to allow for cleaning
About us
Employees, workers, and / or contractors will be expected to uphold the values of the Trust and exhibit the expected Trust behaviours aligned to the Trust's values. Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they display the Trust values and behaviours in carrying out their job and that individuals feel able to challenge (or raise a challenge) when other colleagues' behaviours breach the spirit of Trust values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work within the Trust Facilities Management structure to ensure that the housekeeping service supports the clinical colleagues and ensures it integrates with Nursing in its provision of care and specifically infection, prevention and control. Key skills here include the ability to work in an effective and efficient manner whilst integrating and supporting the Facilities services within the clinical teams at the location. Critical to the success of the role shall be the providing of a service that is safe, efficient and which delivers a quality environment in a timely manner that promotes the health and well-being of the service users and which is in line with the Dept. of Health, CQC, PLACE & NHS standards throughout the whole organisation. You will enhance the patients experience by ensuring that the clinical environment is presented and maintained in a way which maximises the patients sense of comfort, safety, and well-being.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work within the Trust Facilities Management structure to ensure that the housekeeping service supports the clinical colleagues and ensures it integrates with Nursing in its provision of care and specifically infection, prevention and control. Key skills here include the ability to work in an effective and efficient manner whilst integrating and supporting the Facilities services within the clinical teams at the location. Critical to the success of the role shall be the providing of a service that is safe, efficient and which delivers a quality environment in a timely manner that promotes the health and well-being of the service users and which is in line with the Dept. of Health, CQC, PLACE & NHS standards throughout the whole organisation. You will enhance the patients experience by ensuring that the clinical environment is presented and maintained in a way which maximises the patients sense of comfort, safety, and well-being.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Good basic education - ability to read and write numerical skills
- NVQ level 1 in Food Preparation or ability to work toward
Desirable
- Qualification in Healthcare Cleaning
Experience
Desirable
- Must have experience of working in a Mental Health/ Learning Disabilities service.
- Experience of working in a Housekeeping/Domestic services in Healthcare
Knowledge
Essential
- Must have a good understanding of personal hygiene
- Must have a good knowledge of Health & Safety including COSSH, Safe Systems of Cleaning Tasks or to work towards on commencement
- Ability to follow procedures and manuals
Desirable
- Must have a full knowledge of cleaning
- An understanding of operational techniques in delivering facilities services
- Must have good knowledge of food hygiene including temperature control and HACCP
Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills, oral and written
- Able to deliver operationally, to multitask and work under pressure meeting consistently demanding deadlines
- Reliable, flexible, friendly, approachable
- Performance orientated /customer focused
- Computer literate
- Must be a good communicator, to mix with a variety of people
- Must be flexible in working practices and hours.
- Must be able to follow clear instructions
- Must have empathy and understanding of patient's needs
Desirable
- Ability to drive, full clean driving licence
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Good basic education - ability to read and write numerical skills
- NVQ level 1 in Food Preparation or ability to work toward
Desirable
- Qualification in Healthcare Cleaning
Experience
Desirable
- Must have experience of working in a Mental Health/ Learning Disabilities service.
- Experience of working in a Housekeeping/Domestic services in Healthcare
Knowledge
Essential
- Must have a good understanding of personal hygiene
- Must have a good knowledge of Health & Safety including COSSH, Safe Systems of Cleaning Tasks or to work towards on commencement
- Ability to follow procedures and manuals
Desirable
- Must have a full knowledge of cleaning
- An understanding of operational techniques in delivering facilities services
- Must have good knowledge of food hygiene including temperature control and HACCP
Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills, oral and written
- Able to deliver operationally, to multitask and work under pressure meeting consistently demanding deadlines
- Reliable, flexible, friendly, approachable
- Performance orientated /customer focused
- Computer literate
- Must be a good communicator, to mix with a variety of people
- Must be flexible in working practices and hours.
- Must be able to follow clear instructions
- Must have empathy and understanding of patient's needs
Desirable
- Ability to drive, full clean driving licence
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
