Housekeeper - Main Theatres

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

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Job summary

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a dedicated housekeeper to join the Main Theatres team.

You will work closely with patients and all members of the multi-disciplinary team. You will need good communication skills and an ability to work independently, as well as part of a wider team.

This role will support the theatre team to maintain high standards of environmental cleanliness.

Main duties of the job

Within this role, you will work as an integral part of the Main Theatres team ensuring a clean, safe and comfortable environment for patients, staff and visitors.

Duties include:

Supporting the theatre team to ensure high standards of cleanliness within the department.

Collecting equipment/items from other areas of the hospital

To visually check the overall cleanliness of the department, monitoring the cleaning specification and maintenance schedule taking remedial action as appropriate.

To ensure the staff kitchen and rest rooms are clean and tidy.

To check the temperature of the food fridges in the rest rooms and ensure they are kept clean and tidy and that all food is labelled and out of date items disposed of.

To ensure kitchen stock levels are appropriate for staff and replenish as necessary.

To ensure scrub supplies are replenished and scrubs are unpacked when delivered and put on correct shelving.

The cleaning and collections of theatre clogs/footwear.

To ensure all stocks in changing rooms are replenished as required i.e. soap, hand towels, hats, masks etc.

To ensure equipment room is clean and tidy and all equipment is clean with dated stickers attached.

Ensure all offices are cleaned twice weekly including the floors.

To complete all cleaning schedules and any other paperwork accurately within given timelines.

The cleaning of operating table attachments and X-ray gowns.

Tidying and stocking up of IV / irrigation fluids.

About us

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is West Norfolk has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.

In February 2022 the QEH the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

We are delighted to have been added to the New Hospital Programme - and we look forward to bringing a new Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) to King's Lynn and West Norfolk which is nothing less than our patients, local communities and staff deserve.

Date posted

15 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

426-003-24EG

Job locations

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

King's Lynn

PE30 4ET

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information regarding this position, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information regarding this position, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

No formal qualifications necessary, however must have good reading and writing skills.
Desire and ability to develop new skills.

Experience

Essential

Managing own time and resources.
Experience of working as part of a team.

Desirable

Some previous experience in a health care setting.

Skills, Ability and Knowledge

Essential

Good interpersonal skills.
Ability to work in a team.
Understanding of confidentiality.
Commitment to expected standards.
Able to use own initiative.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

No formal qualifications necessary, however must have good reading and writing skills.
Desire and ability to develop new skills.

Experience

Essential

Managing own time and resources.
Experience of working as part of a team.

Desirable

Some previous experience in a health care setting.

Skills, Ability and Knowledge

Essential

Good interpersonal skills.
Ability to work in a team.
Understanding of confidentiality.
Commitment to expected standards.
Able to use own initiative.

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.