Band 2 Hotel Services Assistant (Housekeeper) - Bristol
Job Description
Job summary
Early Evening Hotel Services Assistant (Housekeeper)
Working between 16.00 and 19.00 Monday to Friday - 15 hours per week
Previous Applicants Need Not Apply
The successful post holder will provide a catering and cleaning service for our Service Users, Staff and Visitors across our Wards and Departments.
You will be working as part of an established Team who provide a full Hotel Services function across the Hospital.
Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
Catering - The handling, reheating, and service of cook-freeze meals. Making light snacks including salads, sandwiches and beverages. Washing up and associated cleaning within the ward kitchen and dining room.
Cleaning - Cleaning all areas of the Hospital, including bedrooms with en-suite facilities, bathrooms, day rooms, lounges, corridors, offices and other areas of the Ward.
Other duties - Handling and disposal of waste, curtain changing and laundering.
About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provideHigh Quality, Compassionate Careeverywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job responsibilities
Housekeepers support the Nursing Staff to provide an appropriate environment for patient care.
Duties will include general cleaning of all Ward/Departmental areas and the preparation and presentation and service of patients' meals and beverages.
Housekeepers will be expected to demonstrate a flexible attitude to their work to meet the needs of the ward and the patients.
Housekeepers are expected to work in a controlled and systematic way in an environment where there may be constant distractions and contact with service users displaying disturbed and challenging behaviour on a frequent basis.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Previous Housekeeping Experience
- Previous Catering Experience
- Food Hygiene Awareness
- COSHH Awareness
- Flexible approach/Teamwork
Desirable
- Literate
- Numerate
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Callington Road Hospital
Marmalade Lane, Brislington
Bristol
BS4 5BJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
