Patient Services Assistant

Job summary

INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY 5 AND 12 MAY 2022

A vacancy has arisen for Patient Services Assistants to join the busy Patient Services Department at QA Hospital. Only apply if you can work 6.00am to 12.30pm - Monday to Friday

Applicants must have excellent customer care skills and high standards of personal hygiene.

The post is monthly paid and uniform is provided. The successful applicant will receive a first class training package, and includes on and off the job training. Other benefits are a generous annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to join the NHS pension scheme.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 5 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT AND/OR PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES IN LINE WITH TRUST GUIDELINES

Please note that we use NHS Jobs to communicate short listings and invite to interview, please ensure you check your e-mail account regularly.

Please apply online or for more information, please contact the FM Office on 02392286000 x 5336 between 9am and 3pm, Monday to Friday. 

Will require a Disclosure& Barring Service (DBS) form to be completed.

FM Services and Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS Trust have a smoke-free policy. You are unable to smoke inside our buildings or in the grounds of any of our premises.

The Trust is committed to valuing the benefits of diversity in its staff and committed to equal opportunities.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for cleaning all the floors, furniture, fixtures, fittings, glassware, high and low level surfaces, sanitary areas within Clinical and Non-Clinical Areas these duties will be carried out

Carry out daily cleans, planned routine scrubs on wards, and ad hoc infectious scrubs as directed following outbreaks (ie MRSA, diarrhoea and vomiting, hepatitis etc) to ensure bed blocking is kept to a minimum. The daily cleaning of sanitary fixtures and fittings in patient and public areas

High and low level cleaning, spot wash walls, dusting curtain tracks, radiators, and window ledges and cleaning of internal glass and doorframes as required.

Changing window and bed curtains as routine and after an infectious clean/scrub

Cleaning of patient related furniture to include bedframes, lockers, tables and chairs

Using heavy mechanical cleaning equipment (ie scrubbers, wet pickups, buffers) to clean floors in wards, bathrooms, toilets and corridors

Cleaning of Theatres, daily scrubbing of floors, sinks and surrounding dirty and clean corridors following department and Infection Control guidelines

About us

If you are considering becoming an employee of Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, from the 1 April 2022 there is a legal requirement for our staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The only exemption is for a medical reason. You will need to provide evidence of your vaccination or medical reason via the NHS App as part of our onboarding process. If you are worried about getting vaccinated please do access the NHS website and search covid vaccine.

Equans working in Partnership with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

PHU NHS Trust was rated good by the CQC in its recent inspection. In July 2020 it became a university hospital, we will work to drive benefits for patients, colleagues by embedding research, education and training across the Trust.

The Trusts main hub is the QA Hospital, which started as a military hospital over a century ago. It is one of the largest, modern hospitals on the south coast, with 1,200 beds. It provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across SE Hampshire. With over 7,300 staff it is the largest employer in Portsmouth.

Being You @ PHU

Our patients are from all walks of life and so are we. If you share our values and enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU).