We are recruiting a housekeeper for Child and Adolescent Unit at Rochford Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity for highly motivated and professional housekeeper to be part of the support team at Poplar Adolescent Unit to provide a high quality housekeeping service. The ideal candidate will be approachable, flexible and willing to work as part of a team.
Poplar Adolescent Unit cares for 13-18 year olds in mental health crisis. The successful application will be working as part of the housekeeping team supporting Ward Staff in maintaining the ward environment, and working with the young people to meet their housekeeping needs.
• Support clinical staff by addressing the non-clinical needs of the patients in achieving an excellent level of customer service, by ensuring that the patient environment is a welcoming, clean, comfortable, and safe.
• Supporting the Senior Sister, Charge Nurse and Ward Staff in maintaining the ward environment, liaise closely with the Facilities Service Manager and the Estates Help Desk, ensuring that all issues pertaining to the patients’ environment and needs are dealt with efficiently.
• Supporting the young people by ensuring lunch and dinner is provided (training will be given), and supporting young people to cook meals where appropriate in collaboration with the Occupational Therapist.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To work with the domestic staff allocated to your ward(s) to ensure that there is a high standard of cleanliness.
2. Spot clean and ensure spillages are dealt with swiftly and efficiently
3. Bring to the attention of nursing staff any shortfalls in cleanliness of patient equipment.
4. Undertake cleaning of spillage’s, including body fluids in line with Trust infection control policies and procedures
5. An awareness of all infection control issues
6. Arrange for specialist cleaning as and when required, i.e. carpet cleaning, deep cleaning.
7. Address that the patient has all toiletry requisites
8. Responsible for keeping the unit tidy by encouraging both staff and patients to be aware of the standards expected by PLACE.
9. Ensure that segregation and disposal of waste is disposed of according to the Trust’s Waste Management Policy
10. Take responsibility to ensure that mandatory training is up to date
11. Able to access and keep self-updated via eLearning/OLM
12. Awareness of one’s own self-development needs and attend appropriate course as agreed at appraisal
13. Attend in-service and other training as required, including food hygiene, infection control
14. Awareness of the Trust’s Health and Safety Policy, ensuring that a full understanding of the duty of care to patients, visitors, other members of staff and you is upheld as at all times.
15. To liaise with clinical staff and the catering Department to ensure that patient’s dietary needs are catered for wherever possible.
This advert closes on Thursday 20 Mar 2025