Housekeeper - Peterborough Peterborough, England
Job description
We are looking for a Housekeeper willing to ‘go the extra mile’ to ensure compassionate and excellent patient focused care is always delivered.
This is a 23 hours per week contract with a specific working pattern including weekends.
Duties will include assisting with meal provision; ensuring patients receive the correct diet, assisting patients with nutrition and hydration, maintaining the kitchen area, liaising with the catering department regarding changes to patient menus, stocking up the kitchen and clinical areas. You will also ensure the cleanliness and tidiness of the patients’ bedside.
You will work closely with the ward team, ensuring all clinical equipment is up to date, clean and in stock. You will assist with the general tidiness of the ward and the equipment, ordering stock and maintaining supplies.
You demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to work as part of the team but also under non-direct supervision. It is necessary to have a flexible approach within this role and be able to respond appropriately to the demands of an ever changing workload.
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.
Benefits to you
- 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
- NHS Pension Scheme:
- Flexible working opportunities;
- Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
- Career development and training;
- Wellbeing support and activities;
- In-house physiotherapy Service;
- On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
- Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
- Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough