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The Ward 17 Housekeeper will assist the nursing and administrative teams to ensure the highest standards of care to patients.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who will assist with the smooth running of this busy unit which consists of three areas, Ward 17, NSSU and Park Suite.

The role will entail ensuring all three area's are kept well stocked and the adherence to cleanliness and Infection Control policies.

• Interview Date: 11 July 2023
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes per a week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
• Be an effective member of the multi disciplinary team assisting the Ward / Department to maintain a safe, clean and comfortable environment for the patients, their families and visitors.
• Report any concerns regarding the patient’s condition to the qualified nurse.
• Maintain patient’s privacy and dignity at all times.
• Report to the Nurse in Charge any issues that may prevent cleaning or compromise the safety of the environment.
• Actively contribute to the provision of nutrition of the patients on the Ward / Department.
• May undertake administrative and clinical duties as required.
• To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
• Responsible for effective and timely stock ordering.
• Ensuring safe storage of food stocks, stock rotation and service. Ensuring that dietary requirements are attended to in a timely manner.
• Assisting the admin and nursing teams as required to ensure patient safety and the smooth running of the ward, for example, delivery of requests and samples to radiology or the labs, escorting patients to endoscopy and chaperoning if required. assisting patients with dietary and fluid requirements upon return from recovery.
• Ensuring transfer of patient property to receiving wards according to Trust policy.
• Ensuring that cleanliness and Infection Control policies and standards are maintained according to national and local policy.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

• Be an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team assisting the Ward / Department to maintain a safe, clean and comfortable environment for the patients, their families and visitors.
• Report any concerns regarding the patient’s condition to the qualified nurse.
• Maintain patient’s privacy and dignity at all times.
• Report to the Nurse in Charge any issues that may prevent cleaning or compromise the safety of the environment.
• Actively contribute to the provision of nutrition of the patients on the Ward / Department.
• May undertake administrative and clinical duties as required.
• To abide by Trust policies and procedures.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.