Housekeeper
Job Description
Job summary
The community inpatients service is based across four hospital locations in Cambridgeshire: Brookfields Hospital in Cambridge, Princess of Wales in Ely, North Cambridgeshire Hospital in Wisbech and ICU based at City Care Centre, Peterborough. These four units provide rehabilitation to patients after prolonged periods of care in acute hospitals or whilst recovering from physical injuries.
The multidisciplinary rehabilitation team delivers programmes of care to help people recover from their injuries, whilst helping them prepare to return to normal living, or make a smooth transition to long term, palliative or residential care.
This vacancy will be based at Cambridge Rehab Unit, Brookfields Hospital
Main duties of the job
The Housekeeping Assistant's role is to assist the ward team to provide a high standard of care to the patient, through maintaining a clean, tidy and safe environment and providing for patients' eating and drinking needs.
The postholder will:
- Order diets using patients care plan
- Prepare vacant beds for new arrivals
- Clean and tidy patients lockers & tables.
- Assist in removing used clinical waste bags according to infection control policy.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly underrepresented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- Prepare patients and their environment for meals
- Moving & Handling of electric ovens
- Assist with serving meals and drinks.
- Clean and make good patient dining areas after mealtimes.
- Observing patients and reporting changes to professional staff.
- Maintain a hygienic and safe kitchen environment.
- Carry out general light cleaning duties as necessary to maintain a high standard of hygiene, comfort, and safety.
- Report equipment faults and defects.
- To attend all relevant mandatory training as and when required to do so.
- To comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures, and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information and to be aware of any changes in these
- To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients/ clients, visitors, and staff.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Basic understanding of food handling and hygiene.
Desirable
- Food handling and hygiene course.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a customer facing role
Desirable
- Experience of working in a ward environment
- Experience of basic food preparation and serving
Skills & Abilties
Essential
- Willingness to use computer with relevant training.
- Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
- Basic knowledge of balanced nutrition and hydration
Desirable
- Basic knowledge of infection control
- Understanding the principle of patient care
- Knowledge of special diets
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Brookfields Hospital
351 Mill Road
Cambridge
CB1 3DF
United Kingdom
