Job vacancy: Housekeeper, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham

Job summary

Main area: Neonatal - Housekeeper
Grade: Band 2
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 23.2 hours per week (7 day service, days, weekends, bank holidays, potential for night shifts.)
Job ref: 164-7367962

Employer: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: QMC Hospital
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £24,465 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/08/2025 23:59

Housekeeper

Band 2

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Under the supervision of the Senior Neonatal Supplies Chain Housekeeping Assistants and Neonatal Procurement Administrator:

· To meet and greet all callers, families and parents to the neonatal unit, in accordance with the Trust values, beliefs and behaviours.

· Clean equipment, including incubators, safely and effectively to ensure timely availability for use in the clinical areas as part of infection prevention and control responsibility and managing flow of equipment.

· To support the Service with maintaining a clean supply of laundry specific to the Neonatal Unit.

· Check and re-stock procedure boxes on the Neonatal Unit in readiness for critical and urgent clinical procedures.

· Support clinical staff to set up spaces with equipment and supplies to receive sick newborn infants at admission.

· Support clinical staff to clear and clean area following discharge of infants from the clinical area, including cleaning incubators.

· Restock Newborn Life Support (NLS) boxes, prepare in advance and top-up four times a year.

· Physical effort is required for collection of store supplies and equipment and moving and handling of equipment.

· Communicate with MESU regarding repairs, updates and returns of medical equipment to ensure serviceable and useable in the clinical area.

· Organise the safe disposal of obsolete equipment.

· Use the chute system for pharmacy and specimens.

· To collect from pharmacy and other departments when required.

· To contribute the provision of all Supplies Services functions, ensuring the highest standards of service are achieved in support of the Trust’s objectives.

· Access and use Trust IT systems for procurement and logging requests in addition to maintaining up to date spreadsheets.

· Unpack and check delivered items against delivery/order information, take corrective action, maintains audit records.

· To contribute to regular progress and savings reports to the Neonatal Procurement Administrator.

· To develop and maintain a comprehensive product and services knowledge including suppliers and supplier markets.

· Maintain full and accurate records and filing systems of all contract work undertaken to ensure full transparency of process and required probity.

· Support trials of new products.

· Review with Ward Sister/Procurement Administrator

· Attend internal/external training programmes and meetings when required.

· To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required.

· This role will under take shift work 7 days a week and will cover both days and in the future night shifts.

Person specification

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
Good general standard of education.

Experience

Essential criteria

Healthcare setting

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

Good verbal and written communication.
Good telephone skills.
Computer literacy and use of IT skills, eg email and spreadsheets

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to pass on information accurately. Understand the importance of instructions and written procedures

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to follow instructions.
Work within a team.
Able to organise own workload following period of induction

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

Dexterity and accuracy in use of documentation and keyboard.
Dexterity and accuracy in use of documentation and keyboard.
lifting and handling stores and equipment.

ther requirements specific to the role (eg be able to drive or work shifts)

Essential criteria

Able to work in a busy and acute patient setting.
Ability to work some weekends and Bank Holidays

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
Start an Apprenticeship
Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Claire Pierson
Job title: Recruitment and Retention Lead fore Neonates
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01159691169

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Job summary

Employer heading

Housekeeper

Band 2

Job overview

About the Role

You will play a vital part in ensuring the smooth running of our busy neonatal service by:

Maintaining cleanliness and hygiene standards across the unit.

Managing and replenishing medical and non-medical supplies.

Handling and moving stores and equipment safely and efficiently.

Providing a high standard of support to clinical staff, ensuring resources are readily available.

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Essential criteria

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