Job overview
Please come and join our highly skilled, motivated and innovative team including medics, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists all ward based to ensure that our patients receive the best possible individualised care all in single rooms.
Corby Community Hospital is one of the Community Hospitals within Northamptonshire who all work closely to share best practice and develop services for our local population.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be working in an integrated multi professional inpatient team and provide support under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. To provide support to both the nursing, domestic and clerical staff to help in the smooth and efficient running of the unit. To ensure that the ward is clean, safe and welcoming to all patients, staff and visitors by assisting with housekeeping duties associated with the unit. This also includes carrying out audits within the ward as appropriate.
Reporting to the Senior Nurse on shift or the Ward Sister and ultimately to the Ward Manager for the ward enabling them to deliver services effectively and efficiently to patients and service users.
Examples of specific jobs that the post holder will undertake include completing patient menus and serving food for patients, liaising between the ward staff and hotel services, cleaning of equipment and patient areas, assisting patients with packing belonging on discharge, reporting faulty equipment, completing audits and ordering laundry supplies, and maintaining tidy stores areas.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Food Handling
Essential
- Knowledge of specialist diets
Desirable
- Health care experience
Communication Skills
Essential
- Communication Skills
- Knowledge of Food handling
Desirable
- Previous experience of Auditing
- Healthcare experience
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This advert is for Housekeeper with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Kettering, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £25,272 pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: N/A. The application deadline is 22 Jul 2026.
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