Job summary
Would
you like to join a dynamic, positive and friendly team working in a fast paced
environment? Are you a non-clinical support worker that would like to develop
their skills?
We
are delighted to provide this exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and
hardworking individuals to join the Cardio-Respiratory Clinical Service unit.
The Cardio-Respiratory covers a number of ward areas at the Leeds General
infirmary and at St James Hospital. We are looking for committed individuals to
enhance and develop their skills within this positive and challenging
environment. You will be contributing to the maintenance of an environment for
the delivery of safe and effective care. We are looking for individuals that
will be adaptable to changing there work environment and must be willing to
provide cover at both sites. Post will be avaliable across a number of
different ward areas, part time working 28.5hrs. These post will cover weekends
and bank holidays.
Expected Shortlisting
Date
29/08/2025
Planned Interview
Date
03/09/2025
Main duties of the job
This
role is to provide a range of direct or indirect supervised non-clinical
duties within a designated clinical area. The role will be supportive in
keeping the hospital environment, safe, clean and tidy. You will be a central
point of communication between the department and medical physics to ensure
equipment is returned, and repaired, and or serviced in a timely manner. The
duties of the role also include answering phones, cleaning equipment, setting
up equipment under supervision, cleaning and making of beds, ordering
maintaining stock levels and any other general non clinical duties required
as well as being a point of communication to meet and greet patients, family
or carers and provide family and carer support.
About us
Come
and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our
vision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care
and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in
the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.
At
Cardio-Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive,
caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of
what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well
as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what
they see as important to how we work.
Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process
of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As
such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right
to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do
experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please
bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if
you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
- Support team members with appropriate activities.
- Provide administrative and clerical support to the professional teams as required.
- Liaise closely with ward manager to ensure ward/department need are met.
- Clean and set up equipment.
- Maintain a clean and safe environment.
- The disposal of refuse in accordance with Trust policy and the cleaning of refuse holders.
- The changing of curtains and blinds as necessary.
- Work with the clinical team and supplies department to maintain effective materials management within the department.
- Work with the clinical team and medical physics to maintain effective equipment management within the department.
- The use of floor maintenance machines and other equipment as required.
- The removal of rubbish and soiled (infected) linen and waste to designated areas in line with Trust Infection Prevention and Control Policy/Waste Policy.
- Act on feedback given from any quality control system.
- To carry out cleaning in alignment with the Trust procedures, for red (HPV/SI clean), amber (source isolation) and green (standard) cleaning requests. Maintain the cleanliness of all equipment used, aligned to role.
- Using electronic systems to ensure stock is available on wards/departments for clinical teams.
- The collection and returns of blood products via the blood tracking system and also the collection of specimens from wards and departments ensuring if there is protocol in place for chain of evidence that this documentation is completed.
- To report any security matters which seem irregular and escalate to the relevant department.
- To ensure equipment is in good working order and use it to maximum efficiency.
- Reporting faults and breakdowns immediately to the nurse in charge
- The moving & handling of (cumbersome and over 15kg) i.e. materials; patients (acutely ill and/or from A & E resus) goods and valuables, equipment, pumps, drip stands, bladder scanner, heart monitors and fluoroscopy equipment to and from appropriate wards and departments as required using appropriate manual handling equipment.
- Staff must assess each moving and handling request and if in any doubt must seek guidance and support from line manager.
- Collecting and delivering trolleys, wheelchairs, confidential medical records, pathology reports from all departments and clinics to all wards.
- Collecting and delivering of drugs/medicines/specimens/food packs from areas to wards.
- Provide equipment when deemed necessary to support crash calls.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
- Support team members with appropriate activities.
- Provide administrative and clerical support to the professional teams as required.
- Liaise closely with ward manager to ensure ward/department need are met.
- Clean and set up equipment.
- Maintain a clean and safe environment.
- The disposal of refuse in accordance with Trust policy and the cleaning of refuse holders.
- The changing of curtains and blinds as necessary.
- Work with the clinical team and supplies department to maintain effective materials management within the department.
- Work with the clinical team and medical physics to maintain effective equipment management within the department.
- The use of floor maintenance machines and other equipment as required.
- The removal of rubbish and soiled (infected) linen and waste to designated areas in line with Trust Infection Prevention and Control Policy/Waste Policy.
- Act on feedback given from any quality control system.
- To carry out cleaning in alignment with the Trust procedures, for red (HPV/SI clean), amber (source isolation) and green (standard) cleaning requests. Maintain the cleanliness of all equipment used, aligned to role.
- Using electronic systems to ensure stock is available on wards/departments for clinical teams.
- The collection and returns of blood products via the blood tracking system and also the collection of specimens from wards and departments ensuring if there is protocol in place for chain of evidence that this documentation is completed.
- To report any security matters which seem irregular and escalate to the relevant department.
- To ensure equipment is in good working order and use it to maximum efficiency.
- Reporting faults and breakdowns immediately to the nurse in charge
- The moving & handling of (cumbersome and over 15kg) i.e. materials; patients (acutely ill and/or from A & E resus) goods and valuables, equipment, pumps, drip stands, bladder scanner, heart monitors and fluoroscopy equipment to and from appropriate wards and departments as required using appropriate manual handling equipment.
- Staff must assess each moving and handling request and if in any doubt must seek guidance and support from line manager.
- Collecting and delivering trolleys, wheelchairs, confidential medical records, pathology reports from all departments and clinics to all wards.
- Collecting and delivering of drugs/medicines/specimens/food packs from areas to wards.
- Provide equipment when deemed necessary to support crash calls.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in patients confidentiality and understand that patients have an entitlement to have their affairs to be dealt with in a confidential manner
Desirable
- An understanding of cleaning practices within a healthcare setting
- Previous hospital environment experience
- Working in a patient/clinical setting
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths and English GCSE grades A-E or equivalent Level 1 Literacy or Numeracy
- Willing to undergo training as required induction and on the job training as required to be able to perform the role.
Desirable
- Health & Safety / COSHH / Moving & Handling training /awareness.
- Customer Care Training.
- Relevant occupational in-house cleaning
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written
- Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Conduct self in a polite professional manner
- Caring, Motivated and have the ability to organise workload
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Dedicated to support the development of a high-quality service and patient care
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in patients confidentiality and understand that patients have an entitlement to have their affairs to be dealt with in a confidential manner
Desirable
- An understanding of cleaning practices within a healthcare setting
- Previous hospital environment experience
- Working in a patient/clinical setting
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths and English GCSE grades A-E or equivalent Level 1 Literacy or Numeracy
- Willing to undergo training as required induction and on the job training as required to be able to perform the role.
Desirable
- Health & Safety / COSHH / Moving & Handling training /awareness.
- Customer Care Training.
- Relevant occupational in-house cleaning
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written
- Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Conduct self in a polite professional manner
- Caring, Motivated and have the ability to organise workload
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Dedicated to support the development of a high-quality service and patient care
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.
