Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent: 37.5 hours per week
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 331-B2620324-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Furness General Hospital
- Town
- Barrow-In-Furness
- Salary
- £22,383 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Patient Environment Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
Would you like to be part of a Team ensuring high standards of cleanliness are achieved for patients, visitors and staff?
Are you passionate about a service delivery and keen to develop in a role within a support setting.
Do you want to go home at the end of your shift knowing you helped make your local hospital a great place to be cared for?
If you have answered yes to any of the above, then we want to hear from you!
Here at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, employees and patients are at the heart of everything that we do. We have new exciting opportunities to join our facilities department at Furness General Hospital as an Auditor and Administrator to support the Trust in delivering a clean, safe environment for patients, visitors and staff.
Main duties of the job
The aim of the role is to support the clinical teams in maintaining the optimum environment and service for our patients. The main duties are to collect and deliver samples and specimens from various GP surgeries around the local area and return them to the main hospital. Waste removal and disposal including clinical.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Shortlisting requirement
Essential criteria
- Driving Licence
- Basic Numeracy and literacy skills
- Previous operational manual handling experience
- Deal with internal and external communication using both verbal and written material
- Ability to deal with information sensitively and confidentially
- Deal with a diverse range of people face to face
- Ability to travel between the Trust sites as required
- Ability to have a flexible approach to work patterns when required
Desirable criteria
- NVQ or BICS qualification in cleaning sciences or equivalent
- Certificate in COSHH
- Certificate in Health and Safety
- Knowledge of cleaning in a large setting or Health Care environment
- Able to communicate within a team and provide feedback to colleagues and line managers
- Deal with day to day workloads linked to hygiene procedures and able to follow written cleaning schedules
- Reporting equipment breakdown and faults on work equipment to supervisors
- Deal with day to day workloads in food hygiene procedures, able to follow written schedules
- Having the abilities in listening, sharing and receiving support and advice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gayner Jordan
- Job title
- Patient Environment Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01229 404316
- Additional information
Lisa Lister, Assistant PES Services Manager on 01229 402882. [email protected]
Christine Nicholls, Assistant PES Services Manager on 01229 402883.
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