Main area: Ambulatory Care
Grade Band: 2
Contract: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Part time
Job ref: 164-6916622
Employer: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Children's Assessment Unit and E37, QMC
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £23,615 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/03/2025 23:59
Ward Housekeeper
Band 2
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Ward Housekeeper to join a diverse and motivated team that is dedicated to the development of skills and the delivery of high-quality safe care.
As the Ward Housekeeper, you will be responsible for the general maintenance of the ward environment and will work closely with all members of our team. Excellent communication skills are essential.
As a caring and positive person, you will need to be able to work as part of an established team, have the ability to work flexibly, and be committed to ensuring the smooth running of the ward area.
We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated, content with working in a busy environment, and who has good time management skills. You must have excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. It is essential that you act professionally at all times, have excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to prioritize your own workload.
Main duties of the job
The role will include, but is not limited to:
1. Working closely with procurement to order and maintain stock levels.
2. Managing the store rooms, staff and patient areas/facilities, ensuring a clean and tidy environment is maintained.
3. Ward logistics, e.g., helping move beds and clearing/cleaning bed spaces.
4. Equipment/environment maintenance - liaising with estates/MESU to ensure all medical and non-medical devices and the ward environment are in a good state of repair and yearly PAT testing is undertaken.
5. Answering telephone calls and signposting if/when appropriate.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and organizational skills.
The role requires close liaison with other disciplines and the provision of a courteous, reliable, and quality consumer service to patients, relatives and carers, health professionals, internal departments, and outside organizations.
Working for our organisation
Berman 2 is a busy, fast-paced admissions and discharge ward.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive team and always strive to do our absolute best for our patients and their families. We also pride ourselves on providing an efficient and quality service; the ward housekeeper is an integral part of the team.
We have a management team that is both innovative and proactive in ensuring that high-quality care is delivered to our patients. We are keen to encourage developments in line with Trust policy and working in new ways. We recognize our responsibility to ensure that staff are developed and stimulated within their environment to achieve our vision and deliver care that reflects the values and behaviors of the team.
Person specification
Experience
* Experience working in a hospital setting with other customer service experience.
* Works/has previously worked for NUH.
* Experience working in an acute healthcare setting.
Communication & Relationship Skills
* Demonstrates ability to work flexibly & under pressure.
* Demonstrates effective lone working and ability to work within a team.
* Demonstrates basic IT skills.
* Demonstrates computer literacy - experience working with Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Analytical and Judgement skills
* Proactive and enthusiastic approach to work.
* Strives to maintain a clean and tidy environment.
* Willingness to learn and develop new skills.
* Can demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NUH Trust and the NHS.
Planning and Organisation Skills
* Can plan and prioritise own workload and respond appropriately to urgent/emergency situations.
* Can contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of local objectives and action plans.
* Demonstrates the ability to support their colleagues.
* Demonstrates effective resource management.
Physical Skills
* Dexterity & accuracy in undertaking physical skills.
* Demonstrates ability to adequately use equipment and document appropriately.
* Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvers.
* Experience in the use of medical equipment.
* Demonstrates willingness/ability to learn how to use new systems/equipment.
Other requirements specific to the role
* Demonstrate flexibility in order to meet the demands of the service.
* Enthusiastic and well-motivated.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world-class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavor to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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