Housekeeper - Acute Cardiac Unit

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Housekeeper for Acute Cardiac Unit who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The main elements of the role are ensuring the delivery of cleaning, catering and minor maintenance, together with other specified tasks to meet individual patient needs, as determined by the ward sister/charge nurse.

You will be required to work closely with contractors and support services departments and monitor quality standards and rectify deficiencies.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

To help with cleaning and preparing all necessary equipment's for patients' eating and hydration needs and report any damaged or faulty equipment's to the nurse in charge.

Move food trolleys, machinery and goods in accordance with East & North Herts NHS Trust policies and procedures, whilst identifying and minimising the risks involved.

Refer people to other practitioners when their needs are beyond own role or scope of practice.

To keep the general environment clean and tidy, being alert to possible sources of risks and cross infection.

To check food temperature and serve it to patients in compliance with Trust standards

To order food for the patients in compliance with their wishes, diet requirements and allergies

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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