Job overview

• To ensure an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness within the PICU department environment, to ensure Infection Control cleaning is maintained.
• To ensure efficient organisation and provision of food and beverages for patients.
• To maintain stores and adequate stock levels.
• To support under direction, the ward activity to enable patient flow and capacity.
• To work a flexible working pattern to meet service need.

Main duties of the job

·         To work as part of the department team to ensure that an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness is maintained.  This includes clinical areas, bed spaces, family areas and rest areas.

·         To maintain open pathways of communication with facilities assistants.

·         To liaise with the appropriate staff to ensure that the schedule of cleaning is maintained to meet the standards within the department.

·         To ensure that the patient bed spaces are cleaned daily and kept clean and tidy to ensure a safe environment, working with the nursing staff, child/young person, and family.  This includes cleaning of bed spaces in between patients.

·         To ensure that all empty bed spaces are always ready for use.

·         To ensure that, following discharge, all individual patient items within the bed space will be removed, cleaned, or disposed of as necessary and essential equipment replaced.

·         To collect/deliver specimens to and from other departments as required.

·         To collect blood products from central blood bank and satellite fridges and ensure that blood collection training is kept in date.

·         Assist breast feeding mothers, providing support, advice, and practical help in expressing milk (if appropriately trained).

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. 

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.