Job summary
- Main area
- Cleaning
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 153-CO04562
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £24,169 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Housekeeping Assistant - Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Band 2
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
Do you have a can-do attitude and take pride in your work?
University Hospitals Dorset are looking for housekeeping assistants to join #TeamUHD.
We are looking for a highly motivated and organised persons, who will become part of a team of Housekeeping Assistants who facilitate the flow of patients throughout the hospital.
You’ll be organised and able to communicate effectively - ensuring wards and departments are cleaned and maintained to a high standard.
Duties include:
- To work as part of a team or alone, providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non Clinical Wards/Departments and Theatres.
- Delivering prioritised cleans, ensuring patient flow throughout the hospitals.
Permanent roles available:
Monday to Friday 12:00-20:00 = 37.5 hours per week (full-time) - 1 role
Monday - Sunday (3 shifts of 7) 10:00-16:00 = 18 hours per week - 1 role
Monday to Sunday (5 shifts of 7) 7.5 hours per shift = 37.5 hours (full time) - 3 roles
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Main duties of the job
To work as part of a team or alone, providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non Clinical Wards/Departments and Theatres.
You will be following the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021 to deliver the high standards we would all expect when using a hospital. Fully supported by a team of supervisors to guide you through training and full understanding of your important role within our team.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at the interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Be able to read and write in English in order to complete extensive training and role relevant paperwork
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of cleaning as a paid profession
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of cleaning in a clinical environment
Language requirement
Essential criteria
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure, and to be flexible to the needs of the service.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of hygiene standards and Infection Control
- Requirement to undertake training to enable extensive knowledge of cleaning and CoSHH procedures
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
- Noelia Lleal-Moya
- Job title
- Housekeeping Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 4498
- Additional information
For further details on what is required for the role, please feel free to contact.
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