Housekeeper - Emergency Department

Job overview

The Emergency Department at NNUH is seeking to recruit highly dedicated and passionate individuals to join our team as a Housekeeper. The NNUH hosts the busiest Emergency Department in the East of England seeing over 140,000 patients every year.

This role is key in continuing our #JourneytoOutstanding and ensuring that patients are at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for an individual with excellent communication skills who is capable of providing the highest possible standard of patient care. You’ll work within a varied Multi-disciplinary Team, playing a vital part in ensuring a safe, timely and effective patient experience.

Interview date: to be confirmed

Main duties of the job

• Establish and maintain a working rapport with nursing, medical, technical, ancillary and administration colleagues
• Help with cleaning and maintain tidiness in all areas
• Assist with the cleaning of all equipment and quality testing of specialised equipment
• To be responsible for the maintenance of equipment at ward level, reporting and ensuring accurate records are kept and equipment retrieved and returned as necessary
• To check linen allocation daily, report any problems to the Ward Coordinatorand liaise with the linen room to rectify problems
• Ensure dirty linen is bagged and disposed of correctly
• Check emergency equipment is available by all beds i.e. oxygen tubing, masks, Suction.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Under the direction and supervision of the Nursing Staff, the post holder will participate as an integral member of the departmental team, undertaking general housekeeping duties, including some direct patient contact, to help provide a quality service.

Requirements:

• Basic literacy and numeracy skills
• Experience of ensuring a clean and tidy working environment
• Should be familiar with working as part of a team
• Has an understanding/ willingness to learn about the ordering of stock and the maintenance of equipment at unit level
• Must have good interpersonal skills

Please view the attached job description for full details of the role, and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.

Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 6231 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer). The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

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.