Housekeeper - Seahorse Intensive Care Unit
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Job summary
Seahorse Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
Band 2 Housekeeper
0.6wte - up to 22.5hrs/week
This is an interesting and exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit as a Housekeeper.
You will:
Work as an integral part of the ward team, being responsible for the co-ordination of all patient facilities/service.
Ensure a clean, safe and comfortable environment and act as a focal point for non-clinical tasks.
Co-ordinate the delivery of catering, cleaning and ward stores
Co-ordinate and oversee minor maintenance and repairs, together with other specified tasks to meet the needs of the ward.
Work closely with support services, Facilities Management and other departments as necessary.
Main duties of the job
Catering:
- To ensure food meets quality standards, regenerating meals as per policy
- Encourage and assist patients to order food, where necessary taking into account special needs and medical requirements.
- Serve meals in conjunction with the nursing team, ensuring patients intake is known and that their dietary needs are met.
- Ensure people have any nursing staff assistance they require to eat and drink providing such assistance as cutting up food, placing food within reach, encouraging patients to eat.
- To prepare and serve hot/cot snacks as requested - offering a 24 hour snack service
- Prepare hot/cold beverages, including appropriate trolley/equipment, ensuring they are serviced at the correct temperature.
- Prepare areas where food and beverages are served/consumed to ensure a patient environment for patients.
- Ensure all equipment used in preparation, regeneration, serving, and consuming food and beverages is washed and clean, taking responsibility for the ward kitchen
- Ensure refrigerated food is labelled and store correctly as per policy.
- To ensure, in conjunction with ward staff, that discharged and newly admitted patients' meal requirements are acted on, co-ordinating extra meal requirements that may arise.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Details
Date posted
30 November 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£22,383 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
387-WC-6354-NG
Job locations
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Upper Maudlin Street
Bristol
BS2 8BJ
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Upper Maudlin Street
Bristol
BS2 8BJ
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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