Job summary
- Main area
- Intergrated Medicine
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent: Jhoanna Piplak [email protected]
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8287MM
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ealing hospital
- Town
- Southall
- Salary
- £28,166 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Housekeeper
Band 2
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has become available to join Infectious Disease Team at EHT as a Housekeeper.
This role requires the successful post holder to have good communication and organisational skills.
You will need to be flexible, adaptable and able to use your own initiative as well as following instruction to undertake this role. You will be expected to report to the Clinical Nurse Managers regularly updating them on your progress or to highlight areas for improvement.
You will be part of a multi- disciplinary team and need to be confident, proactive and resilient in this role to achieve the expected standards of the job description.
Main duties of the job
This role will include maintaining the store cupboards, stores and deliveries and ensuring that equipment is cleaned and checked and if required sending it for maintenance. The overall maintenance of the ward environment will be within the successful candidates remit also.
This role entails manual handling.
The role involves undertaking audits, valuable in achieving trust targets to promote and maintain good infection control outcomes for patients and the clinical environment.
You will work closely with the procurement and central stores departments to maintain a safe clinical environment.
Working for our organisation
You will need to be flexible, adaptable and able to use your own initiative as well as following instruction to undertake this role. You will be expected to report to the Clinical Nurse Managers regularly updating them on your progress or to highlight areas for improvement.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Interest in Healthcare
- Evidence of continuing personal development
- Interested in career development
- Reliable work record
- A clear career goal
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Effective verbal, written and electronic communication.
- IT literate
- Demonstrates competence in communication skills, numeracy and literacy
- Evidence of working in healthcare or in a similar post
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work across a multi-professional team
- Self-motivated and able to motivate a team
- Trustworthy reliable and honest
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- JHOANNA PIPLAK
- Job title
- Ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07970318618
- Additional information
Ward contact direct number: 02089675667
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