Housekeeper

Overview

37.5 hours per week

To provide a high standard of domestic, catering and general household duties within a ward environment for people with mental health problems. Duties will be carried out in line with the National standards of cleanliness.

Strictly apply the rule of confidentiality with regard to confidential information concerning service users and their care.

Maintain confidentiality regarding colleagues in order not to compromise their safety or well being.

Ensure that all relevant information obtained during the course of interactions with service users is shared with the nurse in charge of the ward area.

Establish and maintain good working relationships and clear areas of communications with ward staff and service users whilst delivering the core duties of a housekeeping service.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

Responsibilities

• Housekeeping duties
• Receive and store all food in accordance with set standards and Trust policy.
• To store linen personal clothing as laundered and ensure sufficient stocks are available at all times to meet service user requirements.
• Support service users in guiding them to use laundry equipment when required.
• Communicate with multidisciplinary teams (nursing staff, catering, dieticians and facilities) to ensure service users receive special diets in accordance with nutritional requirements and care plans.
• Liaise and communicate any menu changes and answer any queries relating to menu changes with service users and nursing staff.

The house keeper will be expected to oversee the day to day upkeep of the ward, this includes ordering via the Oracle system, maintaining the cleanliness of the white goods in the staff room. The housekeeper will be expected to serve breakfast and lunch to the service users with support from the ward staff. The housekeeper will create a good working relationship with the estates department and attend estates and IPC meetings with the Ward Manager. The main housekeeping duties are receiving and storing all food in accordance with set standards and Trust policy, keeping a check on stocks of items including food and laundry, storing linen personal clothing as laundered and ensure sufficient stocks are available at all times to meet service user requirements. Communicate with multidisciplinary teams (nursing staff, catering, dieticians and facilities) to ensure service users receive special diets in accordance with nutritional requirements and care plans. Liaise and communicate any menu changes and answer any queries relating to menu changes with service users and nursing staff.

Additional Information

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.