Ward Environment Support Staff/Housekeeper

Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Title: Ward Environment Support Staff / Housekeeper

Contract Type: Permanent

Under current Home Office rules, this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team team as a Housekeeper/Ward Environment Support Staff (WESS) in our Maternity Services.

Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate enthusiasm, dedication and a commitment to working in collaboration with the wider team delivering care to women, birthing individuals, and their babies in partnership with the clinical ward staff.

Maternity Services are proud to serve the local community across the region with the team working flexibility across boundaries. As a Trust, we recognise the importance of a positive workforce culture, as well as individual job satisfaction and a healthy work life balance for staff. The Trust Values enable us to invest in people valuing each and every employee for their unique skills and individual qualities making for improved team working. We would be delighted to welcome new joiners and strive to ensure they feel well supported in their new role.

A testimony statement from one of our current support workers: This is a very rewarding job. Your care and attention is always appreciated and remembered as part of the overall care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In this role, your key responsibilities will include maintaining a safe and welcoming environment throughout the Maternity Service and helping to create a positive patient experience.

Your main duties will include:

• Cleaning and making up birth rooms
• Cleaning and making up beds spaces on the wards
• Restocking birth rooms, clinical areas and emergency trolleys
• Transferring patients between wards with our Porters
• Accompanying patients to inpatient appointments
• Ensuring patients receive their hot meals as ordered, filling water jugs, making hot drinks etc
• Some clerical and administrative tasks to support the ward administration team
• Sign-posting patients, families and visitors on the ward
• Ordering stores and reporting broken equipment
• Making appointments or assisting in the planning and delivery of clinics

This is not a complete list of duties and the job description is attached to this advert and should be studied carefully.

We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated and flexible individuals who have a passion for supporting staff and families by providing a positive inpatient experience whilst using the Maternity Services. The successful candidates will need to display a passion for wanting to make the experience for women, birthing individuals and their families a positive and memorable occasion and want to be proud to work as part of the wider Maternity team. You will be an excellent communicator who demonstrates respect and sensitivity towards all service users.

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.