Job summary
Employer heading
Band 2 Housekeeper
Band 2
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is seeking to recruit highly motivated, experienced, knowledgeable of the hospital environment housekeeper to join our excellent team of 3 house keepers in the Emergency Department.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will be available to start as soon as possible on a full time contract in the diverse Trust in North London.
North Middlesex Emergency Department is one of the busiest single-site hospital emergency and urgent care departments in the country with almost 160,000 attendances last year.
Our Emergency Department is an enjoyable, productive and highly rewarding environment, where the successful candidate will learn, develop and progress with their career goals. We are proud to provide the best available service for our local community. Our Department is currently undergoing reconfiguration to improve patient care and adapt to the recommendations in response to the corona virus pandemic.
North Middlesex has the busiest Pediatric Emergency Department in London, which has recently won the Pediatric award for training in London from the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health.
We also run the Urgent Treatment Centre, staffed by General Practitioners and Emergency Nurse Practitioners.
The Emergency Department is also a Major Trauma Unit, running a 24-hour Trauma Team.
Working for our organisation
Our Emergency Department is an enjoyable, productive and highly rewarding environment, where the successful candidate will learn, develop and progress with their career goals. We are proud to provide the best available service for our local community. Our Department is currently undergoing reconfiguration to improve patient care and adapt to the recommendations in response to the corona virus pandemic.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To act as Housekeeper, ensuring the patient service and the
clinical environment are managed and maintained to
appropriate standards. To maintain a high standard of
cleanliness without direct supervision. To support the
ward/department staff in the smooth running of their area
and to come into contact with patients. The post holder will
be instrumental in ensuring stock requirements ED
are met. The post holder is required to use their initiative and
take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their
work and the service they provide to patients.
The post will be required to have knowledge of the IT system (stock ordering, procurement and escalation in timely fashion) to have an overview on the stock of consumable as well as non consumable items.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NHS procurement system (e.g. NHS supply chain/ APTOS/PECOS/or similar)
Desirable criteria
- Prior knowledge of procurement (consumables and non consumable items)
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential criteria
- Skills and abilities
- Experience
- Personal qualities
- Vaules
- Other requirements
Desirable criteria
- Skills and abilities
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rukayat Ahmed
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02088873847
- Additional information
Mr Vinayak M. Bhandwalkar
Lead ENP
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