Up to 30 hours per week. Some vacancies include weekend and bank holiday working. Shifts range from 7am to 7pm.
Please contact the Hotel Services Team for more information regarding shift patterns, hours and base of work.
Please note that this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.
A highly motivated individual who can work using their own initiative, as well as follow directives, is required to join the Hotel Services Team.
Your main duties will include maintaining the clinical cleanliness of ward areas / out-patient clinics and providing a catering service of in-patient meals.
You may be required to work flexibly across a seven-day week service and may be required to work in alternative Livewell Southwest locations. You will also be required to work alternative shifts to cover annual leave or sickness to meet service needs.
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7-day service.
Main duties of the job
Providing a domestic cleaning service to Livewell Southwest clinical and office environments maintaining a high standard of cleanliness, tidiness, and general appearance within all Livewell Southwest premises.
Job responsibilities
Domestic Duties:
1. Cleaning of all furniture and fittings, including lockers, doors, curtain rails, beds, chairs. Ensuring beds are pulled out as outlined in the work schedules.
2. Cleaning of all bathrooms, toilet areas, utility treatment rooms, bedrooms, sluice areas, and therapy rooms, flats if applicable.
3. To carry out any enhanced cleans, deep cleans as requested by the Hotel Services Team Leader or Nurse in Charge.
4. Cleaning of offices, day rooms, and dining room in line with work schedules.
5. Ensure that all floor surfaces are cleaned, and have safety signs clearly displayed and visible.
6. Spillages on floors are to be removed as quickly as possible and appropriate signs placed.
7. Ensure all bins are emptied and appropriate bin liner replaced. Bins cleaned in line with work schedule.
8. Responsible for ensuring a constant supply of paper products, soap, etc.
9. To be responsible for cleaning and storing of all domestic equipment correctly, ensuring all cleaning equipment is clean and debris-free.
10. Remove mop and leave in designated mop bucket for laundering.
11. To ensure work schedules, all check sheets (i.e. toilet, kitchen, etc.) are completed and initialed daily.
12. Maintain the cleanliness and tidiness of the ward at all times reporting any areas of concern to the Hotel Services Team Leader.
13. To cover other domestic duties as required by the Hotel Services Team Leader to ensure continuity of service requirements.
14. To provide a laundry service to patients.
Catering Duties:
1. To prepare and serve beverages to patients, ensuring all dietary requirements are met.
2. To regenerate and serve patients’ meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Tea).
3. To participate in the cleaning of kitchen, appliances, refrigerators, regen ovens, trolleys, and microwaves.
4. To assist in the collection and washing of food containers, dishes, etc.
5. Ensure dining room is clean and tidy and prepared for meal service.
6. To follow Safe Catering Practices & Procedures.
Other Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for reporting faults, accidents, pests to Hotel Services Team Leader.
2. Ensuring all aspects of Health & Safety, Food Safety, COSHH, and other relevant regulations are strictly adhered to.
3. Maintain patient and professional confidentiality at all times.
4. Always address staff, patients, and members of the public in a polite and respectful manner.
5. To identify and attend all relevant training courses through the annual appraisal system appropriate to personal and service needs.
6. To assist new members of staff with induction and in-service training.
7. Must be able to adapt to service needs and changes when required.
8. To ensure own actions reduce risks to Health & Safety and to promote a health and safety culture within the workplace.
9. To attend all training sessions including mandatory training and role-specific training as necessary in line with organisation policy.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Knowledge of Health & Safety and understanding of COSHH.
* Vocational Qualification Level I/II in Cleaning & Support Services.
Experience
* Evidence of recent work-related training in catering and cleaning. 12-months' plus experience within a cleaning and/or catering environment.
Qualifications
* Vocational Qualification Level II and/or able to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and ability to work to the required level.
Specific Skills
* Able to respond to written and verbal communication.
* Effective team player.
* Approachable.
* Flexible.
* Able to work alone unsupervised at times.
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