Clinical Housekeeper

Job overview

We are looking for a caring and hardworking individual to join our multi-disciplinary team in the Ward Housekeeper role. This role involves providing housekeeping support for clinical aspects of care to support the nursing team and provide an environment that ensures the health, safety and prevention of infection within the unit.

We are looking for someone who has experience in working in laundry or cleaning services and is passionate about working with older people.

Main duties of the job

Ward 4 the Mount is an acute older peoples ward for females with functional mental illnesses. The role will be predominately to provide assistance with general cleaning and tidying of the ward. This will also involve supporting with patients with laundry, organising stores, and supporting service users at mealtimes and with refreshments. This role is vital for the effective running of the ward and ensuring high standards of patient care and wellbeing.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

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.