Job summary
Employer heading
Housekeeper/Cleaners (Warneford Hospital)
Band 2
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
We require friendly and enthusiastic individuals to join a highly motivated, dedicated team of Housekeepers across the Trust to include Mental health wards.
If you have a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality cleaning and house keeping service this could be the role for you and we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates need to be team players who are flexible and reliable, with good interpersonal and communication skills.
The posts involve shift working, this includes late shifts, early shifts, weekends, and bank holidays over a rolling rota, weekends and bank holidays are paid at an enhanced rate.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role adds to the patients experience by providing a high-quality cleaning and catering service. The aim will be to ensure a clean safe environment and catering provision for clients, of which in-house training can be provided.
Opportunities for extra hours may also be available so flexibility is required.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Some knowledge of cleaning chemicals
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Basic cleaning skills Willing to undertake NVQ2 food hygiene
- Good general education
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 1 in cleaning
- To demonstrate an interest in Learning/Further Training
- NVQ2 food hygiene
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a health care setting
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Flexible
- Good interpersonal skills
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ferdinand Iwuoha
- Job title
- Facilities Support manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07739905713
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