Job summary
- Main area
- Orthopaedics and Surgery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 319-7349690GH
- Employer
- Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hexham general hospital
- Town
- Hexham
- Salary
- £24,465 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Housekeeping Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a motivated & enthusiastic member of staff to become part of our ward housekeeping team on Ward 3 at Hexham General Hospital. Various hours full time and part time are available.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made
Main duties of the job
General housekeeping duties for the ward and other areas as designated by the Ward Manager, Sister/Charge Nurse, or bleep holder, or Senior Nurse/Modern Matron.
The main elements of the role are ensuring the delivery of cleaning, catering minor maintenance, administrative and other specified tasks to meet individual patient needs as determined by the ward manager.
The post holder will be required to monitor quality standards and report deficiencies and take appropriate action.
Essential for role
Induction training period of 1 week
Knowledge of cleaning products
Able to demonstrate good communication with patients, staff and ward visitors.
Awareness of good hygiene standards
Mandatory training as defined by the Trust policies
Ability to work without direct supervision
To be flexible and respond to changing service needs
High level of personal motivation
Understanding the need for confidentiality when dealing with patients and their families
Desirable
NVQ level 1 or 2
Previous experience of similar housekeeping work
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To carry out and maintain cleaning standards on the ward/department.
To carry out spot cleaning to ensure spillages are dealt with swiftly and efficiently.
To assist with the general and specialist equipment e.g., drip stands, and commodes and to ensure they are cleaned as per cleaning policy.
To ensure the ward is safe and tidy at all times.
To maintain upkeep of patients’ bed areas.
To identify any problems and report to ward manager or sister/charge nurse.
To prepare hot/cold beverages from the beverage trolley.
To take responsibility for the ward kitchen, ensuring it is clean at all times e.g., out-of-date-food, stock rotation.
To ensure refrigerated food is labelled and stored correctly as per policy.
To ensure patients whose fluid intake is not medically restricted have access to fresh water (jugs and glasses).
To maintain complete confidentiality with regard to all patient issues.
Person specification
Experience and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of cleaning products
- Awareness of good hygiene standards
- Understanding the need for confidentiality when dealing with patients and their families
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 1 or 2
- Previous experience of similar housekeeping work
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
- Denise Armstrong
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01434655477
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