# Orderly - Elmstead Day Unit

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Colchester
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £24,169 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 20 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2025-06-22T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2025-06-16T07:30:08.215Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/East_Suffolk_North_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Day_Surgery/Day_Surgery-v7277680
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7277680?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the team working 20 hours per week part time as an evening housekeeper/orderly on Elmstead Surgical day Unit at Colchester Hospital.

You will be required to maintain a clean patient environment in all clinical areas, ensuring that the ward/kitchen areas are kept clean and tidy.

You will support the clinical staff in "resetting" the ward to receive patients the following day.

You should possess good interpersonal skills and demonstrate a caring, compassionate and friendly attitude to deal with sensitive issues and be approachable.

This role has fixed hours of working 6pm-10pm Monday-Friday. The expectation is that hours would be worked over these five days, 4 hours each day.

### Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Key duties of this role include:

- Ensuring cleanliness of clinical equipment when not in patient use.
- Ensuring kitchen areas are kept clean and tidy.
- Restocking equipment as required.
- Helping staff to close the unit in a timely manner and ensure the ward areas are ready for the next day.
- Establishing a pleasant and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and staff.
- Assisting in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards on the ward highlighting defiance’s in the service in particular in isolation rooms.
- Ensuring all clinical areas are kept tidy and ready for use.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

## Job Details

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the team working 20 hours per week part time as an evening housekeeper/orderly on Elmstead Surgical day Unit at Colchester Hospital.

You will be required to maintain a clean patient environment in all clinical areas, ensuring that the ward/kitchen areas are kept clean and tidy.

You will support the clinical staff in "resetting" the ward to receive patients the following day.

You should possess good interpersonal skills and demonstrate a caring, compassionate and friendly attitude to deal with sensitive issues and be approachable.

This role has fixed hours of working 6pm-10pm Monday-Friday. The expectation is that hours would be worked over these five days, 4 hours each day.

## Job Description

Main duties of the job

Key duties of this role include:

## Responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Awareness of patient confidentiality
- Awareness of child protection
- Customer care training
- Awareness of the Hospital Infection Control Policy

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of Health and Safety, COSHH

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience of working in a healthcare environment
- Experience of working with people

**Desirable**

- Previously worked within a ward environment

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Good standard of numeracy and literacy

**Desirable**

- Education to GCSE/NVQ or equivalent
- Health and Safety Qualification

## Documents

- [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724)
- [dbs information (pdf, 315.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262)
- [job description (pdf, 160.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9513552)
- [apprenticeship handbook (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2499)
- [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146)
- [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404)

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