Housekeeper
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Job summary
The housekeeper will assist the clinical staff in delivering a high quality service to the multiple ophthalmology areas; by providing housekeeping support to the Victoria Eye Unit, Retinal Unit, Cataract Suite and Ophthalmology Day Case Unit.
This involves a range of activities including managing stock rotation, ordering and taking deliveries.
Duties will include general housekeeping, unit maintenance, monitoring and any other related duties at the discretion of the unit manager in line with the unit requirements. This will be a supportive role aimed at promoting a positive hospital experience for our patients and their families.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of the department team to ensure that an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness is maintained. This includes all clinical areas, all medical equipment and additional equipment appropriate to the clinical place of work and as included in the ward cleaning schedules and room cleaning job plan: ensuring that all applicable legislative and Trust requirements are complied, ensuring the monitoring and reporting records are maintained, by observing infection control measures.
To ensure the maintaining & managing stores, stock rotation, ordering and taking deliveries, to enable clinical activities are undertaken with the right consumables. To employ a lean process, by adopting a system where there is no over stocking or ordering.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
14 November 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£23,615 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-SUR-6700308-A
Job locations
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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