Part time Housekeeper / Cleaner- Warneford Hospital
We require a friendly and enthusiastic individual to join a highly motivated, dedicated team of Housekeepers / Cleaners at the Warneford Hospital.
The role is based on our eating disorder inpatient and day hospital ward.
You’ll be responsible for cleaning and maintaining the patient rooms, public areas, back of house areas such as linen room and laundry areas, according to Trust policy and procedures at a level that meets or exceeds National Cleanliness standards.
This role adds to the patients experience by providing a high-quality cleaning and catering service. The aim will be to ensure a clean safe environment and catering provision for clients, of which in-house training will be provided. To succeed in this role you’ll need to be a team player who can be flexible and reliable, with good interpersonal and communication skills.
This is a part time role that involves shift working including lates, earlies, weekends, and bank holidays over a rolling rota, whereby weekend and banks holidays are paid at an enhanced rate.
If you have a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality cleaning service, this could be the role for you and we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
* Carry out daily cleaning routines as scheduled
* Carry out cleaning tasks as per rota
* Handle and remove waste in line with segregation processes and procedures
* Regenerate cook/chill meals recording the temperatures of food at stages defined as appropriate within the relevant wards
* Ensure kitchen equipment, regeneration equipment and all surfaces are clean at all times
* Ensure food is ready to be served at the correct times for service and all waste food is discarded immediately after service
* Ensure the dining room is cleaned after each meal
* Wash-up and account for all cutlery and crockery and kitchen utensils after meals and breaks
Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
* Competitive pension scheme
* Lease car scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Some knowledge of cleaning chemicals.
Qualifications
* Basic cleaning skills.
* To demonstrate an interest in learning /further training.
aptitude and skills
* Ability to communicate sensitively with people who have mental health concerns.
* An understanding of the principles of delivering quality customer service.
* Flexible.
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.
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