Main area Community Diagnostic Centre Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent: Seven day working rota. Working across both CDC sites (Northgate and JPUH) Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (7 day working pattern) Job ref 177-EMER-6811632
Employer James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northgate and James Paget Sites Town Great Yarmouth Salary £23,615 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/02/2025 23:59
Community Diagnostic Centre Housekeeper
NHS AfC: Band 2
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service.
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
* Putting patients first
* Aiming to get it right
* Recognising that everybody counts
* Doing everything openly and honestly
‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Job overview
We are recruiting Housekeepers for our brand new CDC at Northgate, Great Yarmouth. Are you a friendly, organised, and a compassionate individual looking to make a difference in our community? We have exciting opportunities for dedicated Housekeepers to join our team at the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Northgate, Great Yarmouth.
Our Community Diagnostic Centres are at the forefront of delivering high-quality diagnostic services to the local community. We are committed to providing a welcoming and efficient environment for all patients, carers and visitors. As a part of our team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring a smooth and positive experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
The CDCs will open over a 7 day week and the post holder must be prepared to work on a rota that will incorporate weekend working.
The post holder will be expected to work across both CDC sites at James Paget and Northgate to support staffing and rota’s.
Main duties of the job
Our Community Diagnostic Centres are at the forefront of delivering high-quality diagnostic services to the local community. You should be committed to providing a welcoming and efficient environment for all patients and visitors. As a part of our team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring a smooth and positive experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
You will be an integral part of the Community Diagnostic Centre team, ensuring that the department is kept clean; environment is properly maintained to provide a high quality of service to patients and their families, and to ensure sufficient levels of stock are maintained.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To visually check the overall cleanliness of the Community Diagnostic Centre under the direction of the Community Diagnostic Centre Business Support Manager, monitoring the cleaning specification and maintenance schedule taking remedial action as appropriate.
* To liaise with the Domestic staff to ensure the staff rest room and all associated equipment is clean.
* To alert the Community Diagnostic Centre Management team to any areas of concern.
* To ensure areas are clean and clutter free. E.g. wiping down the seats within the patient waiting area.
* To ensure supplies cupboard is tidy and stock levels are adequate taking remedial action and advising the service leads as appropriate. Ensuring that equipment in use is within expiry dates.
* To collect and deliver equipment and test results from other areas of hospital as required.
* To collect and deliver medication and drug charts from Pharmacy as appropriate.
* To be confident in the use of Trust equipment ordering systems, and types of and amount of required stock for the department.
* To work with relevant staff to ensure that all stock and equipment is in good working order, escalating concerns to the service lead or Community Diagnostic Centre Management Team.
* Work closely with the wider services within the Community Diagnostic Centre to ensure they are aware of the correct processes to follow for waste disposal, stock ordering, and stock distribution.
* To support the Community Diagnostic Centre Management Team as requested.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
* Good standard of literacy
* Good computer knowledge
Knowledge & Experience
* Previous ward/department experience in health care setting
* Knowledge of Trust infection control procedures
* Domestic based background/knowledge, cleaning will be an integral part of this role
Skills & Knowledge
* Able to demonstrate initiative and common sense
* Good communication skills, both verbal and non-verbal
* Kind and caring
* Ability to cope under pressure
* Friendly and outgoing
* Approachable
* Ability to work in a team
* Flexible and dependable
Personal Attributes
* Has use of own car and willing to work across both sites
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Tier 2 Sponsorship: We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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