Bank Housekeeper in Washington

Spire Washington Hospital is looking for a Housekeeper to carry out housekeeping duties throughout the hospital, on a Bank basis.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital in line with the housekeeping and infection control policy.
• Complete the cleaning schedules related to the shift, ensuring that rooms are ready for immediate occupation and public areas are clean.
• Keep in close contact with the Senior Housekeeper and report any concerns regarding housekeeping issues immediately.
• Work in close liaison with the clinical staff, understanding the special needs of the hospital on a day to day basis.
• Responsible for the day to day maintenance of the equipment provided, checking for faults and supply shortages and reporting them to the line manager.
• Compliance with all Health and Safety at Work regulations including COSHH.
• Work with guidance on moving and handling, as identified in corporate and local policy and discussed at Mandatory training sessions.
• Quality assurance and patient confidentiality must be maintained at all times.

Essential Skills:

• Experience in a customer facing environment.
• Previous housekeeping experience.
• Experience working unsupervised and on own initiative, prioritising tasks.
• A positive and flexible approach to customer service.
• Good communication skills.
• Willing and able to complete mandatory training for COSHH, Manual Handling, Infection Control, food hygiene and Health & Safety in-house.

Benefits:

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly.
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave.
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park.
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension.
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts.
• Free uniform.
• Free DBS.
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates.
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts.
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team.

We commit to our employees' well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care. For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.