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Housekeeper
The closing date is 31 August 2025
Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to the care of babies and their families? Our Newly built Neonatal Unit at QMC Nottingham University Hospitals along with City Hospital, is seeking a dedicated and organised Housekeeperto join our friendly and supportive team. About the Role You will play a vital part in ensuring the smooth running of our busy neonatal service by:
* Maintaining cleanliness and hygiene standards across the unit.
* Managing and replenishing medical and non-medical supplies.
* Handling and moving stores and equipment safely and efficiently.
* Providing a high standard of support to clinical staff, ensuring resources are readily available.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide comprehensive support as a member of the Neonatal team indirectly ensuring a high standard of care for babies and their parents/carers. This is achieved through procurement of supplies, and effective maintenance of clean equipment and supplies, to reduce the risk of infection and assure quality for patient care. The post holder will make a direct and positive contribution to the work of the multidisciplinary team, the patient and their relatives in the clinical area, as well as non-clinical environments and undertake identified non-nursing duties. The post holder will be expected to organise their own workload within the constraints of defined deadlines, and will assist the multidisciplinary team in implementing, maintaining systems and processes to improve productivity. The post holder will work across both campuses of the NUH Trust.
About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Job responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Senior Neonatal Supplies Chain Housekeeping Assistants and Neonatal Procurement Administrator:
To meet and greet all callers, families and parents to the neonatal unit, in accordance with the Trust values, beliefs and behaviours.
Clean equipment, including incubators, safely and effectively to ensure timely availability for use in the clinical areas as part of infection prevention and control responsibility and managing flow of equipment.
To support the Service with maintaining a clean supply of laundry specific to the Neonatal Unit.
Check and re-stock procedure boxes on the Neonatal Unit in readiness for critical and urgent clinical procedures.
Support clinical staff to set up spaces with equipment and supplies to receive sick newborn infants at admission.
Support clinical staff to clear and clean area following discharge of infants from the clinical area, including cleaning incubators.
Restock Newborn Life Support (NLS) boxes, prepare in advance and top-up four times a year.
Physical effort is required for collection of store supplies and equipment and moving and handling of equipment.
Communicate with MESU regarding repairs, updates and returns of medical equipment to ensure serviceable and useable in the clinical area.
Organise the safe disposal of obsolete equipment.
Use the chute system for pharmacy and specimens.
To collect from pharmacy and other departments when required.
To contribute the provision of all Supplies Services functions, ensuring the highest standards of service are achieved in support of the Trusts objectives.
Access and use Trust IT systems for procurement and logging requests in addition to maintaining up to date spreadsheets.
Unpack and check delivered items against delivery/order information, take corrective action, maintains audit records.
To contribute to regular progress and savings reports to the Neonatal Procurement Administrator.
To develop and maintain a comprehensive product and services knowledge including suppliers and supplier markets.
Maintain full and accurate records and filing systems of all contract work undertaken to ensure full transparency of process and required probity.
Support trials of new products.
Review with Ward Sister/Procurement Administrator
Attend internal/external training programmes and meetings when required.
To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required.
This role will under take shift work 7 days a week and will cover both days and in the future night shifts.
Person Specification
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
* Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards
Training & Qualifications
* NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
* Good general standard of education.
Experience
Communication and Relationship Skills
* Good verbal and written communication.
* Good telephone skills.
* Computer literacy and use of IT skills, eg email and spreadsheets
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Ability to pass on information accurately. Understand the importance of instructions and written procedures
Planning and Organisation Skills
* Ability to follow instructions.
* Work within a team.
* Able to organise own workload following period of induction
Physical Skills
* Dexterity and accuracy in use of documentation and keyboard.
* Dexterity and accuracy in use of documentation and keyboard.
* lifting and handling stores and equipment.
ther requirements specific to the role (eg be able to drive or work shifts)
* Able to work in a busy and acute patient setting.
* Ability to work some weekends and Bank Holidays
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
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