Housekeeper Cancer Care - D12

Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job
Cancer Care at University Hospital Southampton (UHS) is looking for a Housekeeper to join the D12 team. D12 is a 24 bedded medical oncology unit. This is a full time, permanent position.
The successful candidate will work as an integral part of the housekeeping team. You will be responsible for maintaining the cleanliness and safety of the ward; ensuring that our patients are always comfortable in the hospital environment.

Working for our organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The role will involve ensuring the ward is tidy, cleaning of general and specialist medical equipment such as defibrillators, moving and handling equipment such as hoists and our nurse workstations.
You will also be required to tidy the patient bed areas, clean beds when patients leave and general environmental cleaning. We also expect you to support the nursing staff to oversee food and drink service. You will be the designated Fire Warden for the area. Experience in a hospital setting is not essential as full training is provided.
Our housekeeping team provide cover across seven days per week between the hours of 07:00-19:00. You will be expected to work shifts during this time.
We are looking for an individual who has a flexible and responsive approach to their working day. Someone who has excellent patient care and service at their heart, who is motivated to support the clinical staff to assist in a smooth and efficient service for our patients.
We need you to be able to chat to our patients, to take direction from our nursing staff and to work on your own initiative. You will need to be able to adapt in any situation and have a good attention to detail.
Our housekeeping team is key to our patients and their experience, and we want you to help us achieve this.

Person specification
Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience
Essential criteria

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or willingness to work towards
• Customer Service experience
• Demonstrate ability to work autonomously

Desirable criteria

• Previous Housekeeping experience
• Knowledge of, or training in, manual handling techniques
• Understanding of, or training in, COSHH

Trust Values
Essential criteria

• Patient First
• Working Together
• Always Improving