Ancora House has 2 inpatient wards, Coral and Indigo. The inpatient wards provide person centred acute care for young people aged 14-18.
We have an opportunity for a Housekeeper to support our inpatient wards in Ancora House.
We are looking for a motivated and resourceful individual to join our ward-based team. You should possess commitment to team working and innovative delivery of excellent standards of work. This is a varied role and can be demanding at times, whilst supporting the ward.
The applicant will be expected to be able to organise and prioritise their own workload on a daily basis and ensure that time deadlines are met and that urgent work is accommodated, this would include cleaning, catering, meal service and minor maintenance, together with any other specified tasks as identified by the unit management.
The post is 37.5 hours per week.
The Trust currently supports the Real Living Wage (RLW) hourly rate as set by the Living Wage Federation and will apply a pay supplement if the national A4C hourly rate falls below this.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work as an integral part of the ward based team. You will be expected to be involved in enhancing the patient experience. The housekeeper should relate to all care disciplines to ensure the provision of a high quality and safe environment for patients.
Duties will include maintaining cleaning standards on the ward, catering duties, maintaining the environment and general ward duties such as stock control, ordering, financial handling, and many other duties outlined in the job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 1 cleaning or equivalent experience
* Care/hospitality supervision and cleaning, equivalent experience
* Basic Food Hygiene
* Working towards/a requirement/willingness to achieve relevant NVQs up to level 3 through training and ward induction
* NVQ Level 2 in cleaning
* NVQ Level 2 in Care
Knowledge and Expertise
* Good basic knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
* Basic knowledge of Health and Safety, including infection control
* Customer service, internal and external
* Communicate effectively with patients, their families and carers
* Work effectively in teams, appreciating the roles of other staff and agencies involved in the care of patients
* Fully understand and respect the respective rights and feelings of patients and their families, seeking out and addressing their needs
* Responsibility for some financial handling
* Knowledge/experience of cooking for a number of people
Experience
* In a similar environment or equivalent
* To be able to train others in Housekeeping duties
* Previous NHS experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Terri-Anne Nolan Job title Ward Manager Email address terri-anne.nolan@nhs.net Telephone number 01244 397595 Additional information
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or telephone 01244 393100
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We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.
We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.
Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers and families. The Trust has over 14,500 members and employs more than 4,000 staff across 62 sites, serving a population of over one million people and highly specialist services for two million people.
We offer career opportunities to staff across a range of professions, including:
* Allied health professions - including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and speech and language therapy
* Medical - including psychiatry and general practice
* Pharmacy
* Clinical support roles
* Estates and facilities
* Support services roles - including HR, communications, ICT, finance and more
At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think and the opportunity to grow.
With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you. So why not join our team today?
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