Ward Housekeeper, Aconbury 1, WRH

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 13 April 2025

Job summary

Aconbury 1 Cardiology is a 20 bedded ward and Aconbury 2 is a 10 bedded ward.

This important role will require you being able to work without direct supervision and respond to the changing needs of the ward on a daily basis. The successful applicant will be an integral part of the ward team; you will be responsible for the co-ordination of all patient facilities/services on the ward, ensuring a clean, safe and comfortable environment. This role will not support direct patient care

The work will include but not limited to the following:

Keeping the ward clean and tidy

Ordering, serving and clearing away meals and ordering stock

Cleaning and maintenance of equipment

Managing patient property

Maintenance of levels on the ward

If you feel you have the necessary skills and wish to be part of a friendly professional team we would be glad to receive your application.

Main duties of the job

Keeping the ward clean and tidy

Ordering, serving and clearing away meals and ordering stock

Cleaning and maintenance of equipment

Managing patient property

Maintenance of levels on the ward

Receiving visitors

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people
Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
Best use of resources
Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Date posted

28 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9365-25-0282-2

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work as an integral part of the clinical ward / area team and to be responsible for the co-ordination of all patient facilities/ services in the ward area, ensuring a clean, safe and comfortable environment.

The main element of the role is ensuring and supporting the delivery of cleaning, catering and minor maintenance, together with other specified tasks to meet individual patients needs, as determined by the ward sister/charge nurse.

The post holder will work co-operatively with colleagues, as part of the team and perform additional duties as and when directed by the ward clinical team, to enable nursing staff to undertake direct patient care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Basic education to GCSE or equivalent level

Experience

Essential

Basic education to GCSE or equivalent level

Desirable

NVQ or equivalent in relevant subject
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Basic education to GCSE or equivalent level

Experience

Essential

Basic education to GCSE or equivalent level

Desirable

NVQ or equivalent in relevant subject
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.