NHS

Assistant Housekeeper


PayCompetitive
LocationSlough/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: C9151-24-0132?language=en&page=146&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      Wexham Park Hospital slough are looking for hardworking , enthusiastic team member required to work as part of the Ward / Departmental team, contributing to the provision of a comfortable and effective stay for Patients, by ensuring that the ward/department is maintained to a high standard of cleanliness and to serve breakfast as required. Cleaning experience preferred, however full training is given. Good customer skills necessary.Fixed Hours 14:30-21:00 half an hour unpaid lunch - 5 days per week including weekends.

      Main duties of the job

      • Vacuum/mop sweep/damp mop/spot clean/spray buffing of floor surfaces, using machinery as required.
      • Vacuum carpeted areas, daily removal of spots or stains, and shampooing of carpets using machinery on Housekeeping supervisors
      • Collection and tagging of all rubbish, removing bags, clinical waste bins, sharps bins and flattened cardboard containers to designated collection points .
      • Ensuring that waste is correctly segregated at the collection point, and placed into locked containers, as required by Trust Policy.
      • Replace bags on stands/containers, with the correct colour code, and ensure that containers are clean.
      • Damp dust lockers, over-bed tables, chairs, beds, ledges, over-bed lights, pipes, radiators (remove cages as instructed) bed and locker wheels.
      • Use cleaning equipment and technology as required

      About us

      Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

      As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

      We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

      Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

      We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

      Date posted

      19 January 2024

      Pay scheme

      Agenda for change

      Band

      Band 2

      Salary

      £23,575 a year per annum including HCAS

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Full-time

      Reference number

      151-LC148

      Job locations

      Wexham Park Hospital

      Wexham Steet

      Slough

      SL2 4HL


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      • Damp dust/polish desks, furniture, fittings at Nurses station, and in offices, day room, and any other ancillary rooms attached to the area.
      • Damp clean all telephones.
      • Clean baths, showers, and hand basins, polish all chromium fittings.
      • Clean lavatories inside and outside of bowl. Clean seat, handle, cistern and surrounding area, including sanitary bin.
      • Ensure that lavatory brushes and holders are thoroughly clean after use.
      • Top up paper hand towel containers with appropriate consumables. Check and refill toilet roll containers. Check and refill hand soap, hand cream and hand gel dispensers. Ensure that all containers are clean inside and out.
      • Clean and polish mirrors and glass on doors and partitions.
      • Use cleaning equipment and technology as required and trained.
      • Serve Breakfast as required.

      Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      • Damp dust/polish desks, furniture, fittings at Nurses station, and in offices, day room, and any other ancillary rooms attached to the area.
      • Damp clean all telephones.
      • Clean baths, showers, and hand basins, polish all chromium fittings.
      • Clean lavatories inside and outside of bowl. Clean seat, handle, cistern and surrounding area, including sanitary bin.
      • Ensure that lavatory brushes and holders are thoroughly clean after use.
      • Top up paper hand towel containers with appropriate consumables. Check and refill toilet roll containers. Check and refill hand soap, hand cream and hand gel dispensers. Ensure that all containers are clean inside and out.
      • Clean and polish mirrors and glass on doors and partitions.
      • Use cleaning equipment and technology as required and trained.
      • Serve Breakfast as required.

      Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information

      Person Specification

      Education/Qualifications

      Essential

      • Basic education
      • Good Numeracy and literacy

      Desirable

      • NVQ level 1 in cleaning and support services building interior

      Experience

      Desirable

      • Previous experience in a similar role desirable but not essential

      Knowledge

      Essential

      • Basic cleaning skills
      • Able to work as a member of a team
      • Able to communicate verbally and understand instructions

      Desirable

      • Understanding of reasons for cleaning

      Special Requirements

      Essential

      • Flexible approach to work
      • Respect for patient privacy and confidentiality
      Person Specification

      Education/Qualifications

      Essential

      • Basic education
      • Good Numeracy and literacy

      Desirable

      • NVQ level 1 in cleaning and support services building interior

      Experience

      Desirable

      • Previous experience in a similar role desirable but not essential

      Knowledge

      Essential

      • Basic cleaning skills
      • Able to work as a member of a team
      • Able to communicate verbally and understand instructions

      Desirable

      • Understanding of reasons for cleaning

      Special Requirements

      Essential

      • Flexible approach to work
      • Respect for patient privacy and confidentiality

      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 details

      Employer name

      Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

      Address

      Wexham Park Hospital

      Wexham Steet

      Slough

      SL2 4HL


      Employer's website

      https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

      Address

      Wexham Park Hospital

      Wexham Steet

      Slough

      SL2 4HL


      Employer's website

      https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.