Housekeeper

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full time housekeeper to work within the Acute Medical Unit at Hull university teaching Hospital.

We are looking for a hardworking enthusiastic individual with excellent communication and organisational skills, and who has the ability to work flexibly, prioritise workload and communicate at all levels. Housekeepers are an essential part of the ward team.

You will need to be passionate about working within a team, and have a dynamic and forward thinking approach to service improvement. A housekeeper's role is to support the clinical staff by maintaining and restocking all areas of the department, ordering stock, stock rotation and liaising with other teams and services.

The successful applicant must be willing to meet the needs of the service, the hours of this post may include weekend cover.If you have the attributes and enthusiasm we are looking for this post could be for you. Previous hospital experience would be advantage .

Main duties of the job

You will work under the direction of the ward manager. You'll work closely with domestic services, catering and linen services as well as nursing and clinical support staff. You must be physically fit for moving, lifting and cleaning

You will also be expected to maintain high standards of organisation in the department by ensuring the department is kept tidy, clinical equipment is maintained and cleanliness levels achieved by liaising with our domestic staff.

This job will include duties such as:

- Stock control

- Filling up of stock

- Ordering of stock

- Maintaining a clean and tidy ward environment in line with Infection Control

- Undertaking audits around the unit

- Reporting faults

Training and support can be provided

About us

HUTH is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.