Housekeeper - Ward B18

To maintain a clean and tidy environment for patients, staff and visitors. Assist in the needs of patients, visitors and staff and maintain a good working relationship within the team. Support the wider team in delivering patient centred care in a comfortable, safe environment Effectively utilise IT systems to order stock and products down to the unit, ensuring essential items are consistently available to support our clinical team in delivering high-quality patient care. Demonstrate strong organisational skills by independently prioritising and managing workload. Maintain a clean, safe environment with accurate supporting documentation at all times to uphold standards for both patients and staff, Ensure that adequate precautions are taken to minimise the risk of cross infection, particularly in relation to the safe disposal of body fluids and blood products. Daily damp dusting of the medical equipment within the ward environment such as monitors, infusion pumps etc with the aim of the prevention of infection, ensuring they are completely stocked. The safe laundering of infected linen and knowledge of infection control policies regarding the same. Safe lifting moving and storing of medical supplies daily and maintaining a safe environment where the medical equipment is stored. Effectively utilise IT systems to order stock and products down to the unit, ensuring essential items are consistently available to support our clinical team in delivering high-quality patient care. Demonstrate strong organisational skills by independently prioritising and managing workload. Maintain a clean, safe environment with accurate supporting documentation at all times to uphold standards for both patients and staff Management To be able to organise own day to day activities, using own initiative to prioritise own workload to a high standard. Responsible for reporting of broken/faulty equipment/fixtures and furnishing to the relevant departments, maintaining records for the same, and ensuring prompt actions are taken to maintain the smooth running of the unit When ordering medical and surgical supplies to liaise with other outside companies comparing costs to ensure economical use of monies within the budget using verbal and written skills. As frequent physical effort is required for long periods during a shift, all moving and handling guidelines must be followed and the post holder must attend Trust moving and handling mandatory training. Communication Answering the telephone in a courteous manner, taking messages, referring calls to the nursing and medical staff. Maintaining confidentiality of patient information Participate in unit meetings and ensure ward manager is made aware of any issues on the unit. Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others e.g. peers & apprentices. Attend statutory and mandatory training as required. Participate in personal development review, personal development plan and maintain personal development portfolio. Achieve agreed learning objectives. Contribute to the development of the service. Risk Management It is a standard element of the role and responsibility of all staff of the Trust that they fulfill a proactive role towards management of risk in all their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of incidents, near misses and hazards. Records management/Data Protection Act As an employee of the Trust, you have a legal responsibility for all records, including patient health, financial, personal and administrative, that you gather or use as part of your work within the Trust. The records may be paper, electronic, microfiche, audio, video tapes, x-ray images etc. You must consult your manager if you have any doubt as to the correct management of the records with which you work. Health and Safety All employees of the Trust have a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Employees are required to co-operate with management to enable the Trust to meet its own legal duties and to report any circumstances that may compromise the health, safety and welfare of those affected by the Trust undertakings. Confidentiality and Information Security As a Trust employee you are required to uphold the confidentiality of all records held by the Trust whether patient records or Trust information. This duty lasts indefinitely and will continue if you are no longer employed by the Trust. All the information which identified individuals in whatever form, paper, picture, electronic data, images or voice, is covered by the Data Protection Act 1988 and and should be managed with accordance to this legislation. Infection Control All employees have a personal responsibility for adhering to the control of the infection policy. Further guidance can be sought from your line manager. Knowledge and Skills Framework/Personal Development Review This post will be subject to a 6 month probationary period following the outline for the role. Once this has been successfully completed you will be required to undertake an annual personal development review which will give the opportunity to discuss with your manager your progress in relation to your job outline., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

We are a friendly, hardworking, supportive and caring team and as a team we welcome and support new starters. There are lots of opportunities for development and ongoing relevant learning.,

• Basic numeracy & literacy skills
• Experience dealing with the public
• Ability to work in a team
• Work to a routine but be flexible when required
• Maintain confidentiality
• Clear and accurate written/verbal
• Communication and effective listening skills. Proven interpersonal skills

Desirable criteria

• Grade D/Grade 3 in maths or equivalent qualification
• Previous hospital experience
• IT skills

  At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., At East Lancashire Hospital NHS trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal, and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a \’Zero Tolerance\’ policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a \’Zero Tolerance\’ policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.