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EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent: 22 hours per week
Hours
Part time - 22 hours per week (EARLY AND LATE SHIFTS INCLUDING BANK HOLIDAY AND WEEKEND)
Job ref
391-NMUH-7280229
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, THE NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Town
EDMONTON
Salary
£29,179 Per Annum (pro rata) including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 2 Housekeeper Paeds ED

Band 2

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is seeking to recruit highly motivated, experienced, knowledgeable of the hospital environment housekeeper to join our excellent team of house keepers in the Emergency Department.

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will be available to start as soon as possible on a full time  contract in the diverse Trust in North London.

North Middlesex Emergency Department is one of the busiest single-site hospital emergency and urgent care departments in the country with almost 160,000 attendances last year.

Our Emergency Department is an enjoyable, productive and highly rewarding environment, where the successful candidate will learn, develop and progress with their career goals. We are proud to provide the best available service for our local community. Our Department is currently undergoing reconfiguration to improve patient care and adapt to the recommendations in response to the corona virus pandemic.

North Middlesex has the busiest Pediatric Emergency Department in London, which has recently won the Pediatric award for training in London from the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health.

We also run the Urgent Treatment Centre, staffed by General Practitioners and Emergency Nurse Practitioners.

The Emergency Department is also a Major Trauma Unit, running a 24-hour Trauma Team.

Working for our organisation

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To act as Housekeeper, ensuring the patient service and the 
clinical environment are managed and maintained to 
appropriate standards. To maintain a high standard of 
cleanliness without direct supervision. To support the 
ward/department staff in the smooth running of their area 
and to come into contact with patients. The post holder will 
be instrumental in ensuring stock  requirements ED 
are met. The post holder is required to use their initiative and 
take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their 
work and the service they provide to patients. 

The post will be required to have knowledge of the IT  system (stock ordering, procurement and escalation in timely fashion) to have an overview on the stock of consumable as well as non consumable items.  

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE at grade C/4 or above or Functional skills at level 2 or above in English Language and Maths.
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Level 1 or above in Customer Service.

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to carry out tasks without supervision.
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients, and relatives.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience working in a cleaning capacity
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience working in an NHS setting
  • Previous experience working in a Healthcare setting.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nadine Campbell
Job title
MATRON ED
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02088872990
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