Housekeeper

Job summary

We are now seeking a motivated and committed Housekeeper with excellent time management skills to join our team in Acute Theatres to coordinate all support services within the theatre department as part of the theatre team to ensure a clean, safe and comfortable department.

Ensure that maintenance schedules are adhered to and that the department conforms to Health and Safety standards using policy and risk assessment.

To assist with the patient reception duties within the theatre department on a daily basis which includes direct contact with patients and communication and coordination between theatre and ward staff.

Main duties of the job

You will be working in collaboration with other theatre practitioners and domestic staff to ensure a safe, clean, and organised clinical environment and you will also supervise the domestic staff ensuring that they are cleaning to a high standard.

Other responsibilities:

Ordering of stores and equipment, and coordination of stock levels

• Responsible for assisting with the patient experience tracker and continuous quality improvement work.
• You will have excellent interpersonal and customer service skills as well as commitment to working within a team to develop and improve our services.
• Spot cleaning and ensuring spillages are dealt with swiftly and efficiently.
• Ensure equipment is in a clean, serviced, and available for immediate use.

• Upkeep of theatre appearance e.g. remove clutter, remove dirty cups, tidy notice boards and leaflet rack, signage, moving of light furniture.
• Liaise with other departments as appropriate.
• Establish and maintain cleaning schedules for non-clinical items e.g. drip stands.
• Checks for the changing rooms are completed daily.
• Daily checks of the staff coffee room to ensure daily cleaning is in place and refrigerator and area is kept clean and tidy.
• Attend service meeting on behalf of the Theatre department and cascade information to the theatre leads when necessary.
• Be the safety champion for the department and ensure correct checked are completed.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.