Orderly - Elmstead Day Unit

Job summary

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the team working 20 hours per week part time as an evening housekeeper/orderly on Elmstead Surgical day Unit at Colchester Hospital.

You will be required to maintain a clean patient environment in all clinical areas, ensuring that the ward/kitchen areas are kept clean and tidy.

You will support the clinical staff in "resetting" the ward to receive patients the following day.

You should possess good interpersonal skills and demonstrate a caring, compassionate and friendly attitude to deal with sensitive issues and be approachable.

This role has fixed hours of working 6pm-10pm Monday-Friday. The expectation is that hours would be worked over these five days, 4 hours each day.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Key duties of this role include:

• Ensuring cleanliness of clinical equipment when not in patient use.
• Ensuring kitchen areas are kept clean and tidy.
• Restocking equipment as required.
• Helping staff to close the unit in a timely manner and ensure the ward areas are ready for the next day.
• Establishing a pleasant and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and staff.
• Assisting in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards on the ward highlighting defiance's in the service in particular in isolation rooms.
• Ensuring all clinical areas are kept tidy and ready for use.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Elmstead Surgical Day Unit

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Elmstead Surgical Day Unit

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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