Housekeeper/Dialysis Porter Manchester, England
Job description
To assist with the safe and timely transfer of patients between wards and the Acute Kidney Unit.
To transfer dialysis equipment as required.
To assist in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards and
infection control practices in the clinical area as appropriate. Spot cleaning to ensure spillages are dealt with swiftly and efficiently. To ensure general and specialist equipment e.g. dialysis machines, infusion
pumps, and patient shared equipment are cleaned as
per the cleaning policy.
To ensure that the ward is safe and tidy at all times, there must be a
high standard of cleanliness maintained e.g. remove clutter, keep area
tidy.
To maintain the cleanliness and tidiness of equipment storerooms.
To identify any problems with cleanliness and liaise with the shift leader
and Domestic Supervisor/Team Leader as appropriate.
Do you have excellent time management skills? Are you self- motivated and enthusiastic? Then consider working as a Porter / Housekeeper on the Acute Kidney Unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary.
We are a busy acute dialysis unit providing care for inpatients from across the site who require both urgent and planned dialysis treatment.
As a dialysis porter you will be an integral part of the team. Along with collecting and transferring patients for treatment, you will also help our nursing team to deliver dialysisequipmentto the bedsides for our mostacutelyunwell patients, and collect blood products.
As ahousekeeperyou will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and organization within the unit to ensure a clean, safe and comfortable environment for patients, as well as the coordination of stock levels.
You will need excellent interpersonal and customer service skills as well as a commitment to working within a team to develop and improve our services.
If you are motivated and driven and want to be part of a team who are dedicated to improving the quality of care given to patients and enhance the patient experience
In return we will provide an induction program and you will be appraised on a yearly basis with a view to developing knowledge and skills.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & 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 28,000 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 brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve 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 new Green Plan which will set 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.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
