Cleaner - Witney Community Hospital, Oxford
Band 2
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We are recruiting for a part-time Housekeeper to join our friendly, enthusiastic and dedicated team at Witney Community Hospital.
This role enhances the patient experience by providing a high-quality cleaning and catering service. You'll be ensuring a clean, safe environment is maintained and provide catering provisions for clients, for which in-house training will be provided.
The role involves shift working including late, early, alternative weekends, and bank holidays over a rolling rota, whereby weekend and bank holidays are paid at an enhanced rate.
If you're a team player with a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality cleaning service, this could be the role for you, and we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
* Cleaning and maintaining the patient rooms, public areas, back of house areas such as linen room and laundry areas, according to Trust policy and procedures at a level that meets or exceeds National Cleanliness standards.
* Plan own work in-line with the daily cleaning routines and cleaning tasks as per rota.
* Carry out terminal and enhanced cleans as per local procedures.
* Participate in cleaning audits as necessary.
* Handle and remove waste in line with segregation processes and procedures.
* Unpack and stack all linen and laundry.
* Regenerate cook/chill meals recording the temperatures of food at stages defined as appropriate within the relevant wards.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:“Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are:“Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression.
* Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development.
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service.
* NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers.
* Lease car scheme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Mental Health First Aiders.
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Some knowledge of working with cleaning chemicals.
Qualifications
* Basic cleaning skills.
* To demonstrate an interest in learning/further training.
Skills
* Ability to communicate sensitively with people who have mental health concerns.
* An understanding of the principles of delivering quality customer service.
Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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