Maternity Housekeeper

Job summary

Are you a motivated person who would like to make a difference to family experience in hospital?

Do you like to be part of a caring and motivated team?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Housekeeper to join our Maternity Team on a full time Fixed Term 12 month contract here at the RUH.

As our housekeeper, you will work as part of our vibrant Maternity Team to maintain a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene on Bath Birthing Centre and sometimes Mary ward. Your work will include:

• serving and clearing away food
• ordering and organising non-clinical stock
• preparing snacks and drinks
• communicating and working closely with domestic staff to ensure the highest cleaning standards are met.
• reporting equipment/service faults
• clerical and administrative tasks
• keeping the clinical area clean and tidy
• Communicating with women, birthing people and their families, making them feel welcome.

Main duties of the job

Catering

• serving and clearing away food
• preparing snacks and drinks

Cleaning

• Communicating and working closely with domestic staff to ensure the highest cleaning standards are met.
• To clean & maintain upkeep of bed areas and birthing rooms.
• To ensure specialist cleaning of surfaces and medical equipment.
• To support the ward with environmental cleaning daily, weekly.
• To support the cleaning tea

Maintain the Environment

• To provide household maintenance in line with local policy.
• To carry out regular equipment monitoring in accordance with procedures.
• To clean and prepare beds and handle linen
• To monitor the access and security, and use of premises and facilities.
• To ensure that women's space is respected including attending to women's bedside lockers and bed tables are free from clutter.
• To assist in maintaining the safety of people's property and belongings.
• To ensure the safe storage of equipment.
• To ensure repairs and maintenance to equipment and environment are carried out in line with Trust policy and Estates and MEMO procedure.
• To ensure that waste is managed correctly.

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.