Housekeeper (Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit) inLiverpool inLiverpool PUBLISHED
FRI 20 DEC 2024
Opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging environment, promoting professional growth.
Ability to contribute to the well-being of individuals experiencing mental health crises, making a real difference in their lives.
Comprehensive training and development programs available to enhance skills and knowledge in mental health care.
Supportive team atmosphere with dedicated staff committed to high standards of care.
Flexible working requests considered, allowing for better work-life balance.
Exposure to diverse client needs, enhancing experience and adaptability in various care situations.
Tripple Tree Ltd is seeking a Housekeeper for the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Clock View Hospital in Liverpool. In this role, you will work under the supervision of nursing staff to maintain a clean, safe, and therapeutic environment for service users experiencing mental health crises. Your responsibilities will include assisting with nutritional needs, supporting independent personal care, and welcoming visitors. The position offers an opportunity to develop skills in a dynamic team dedicated to providing high-quality care in a supportive environment, with access to various training and development programs.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to continuous improvement and high professional standards. Experience in a mental health setting is essential, along with the ability to communicate effectively with patients and colleagues. The role is part-time, permanent, and offers a salary of £23,615 per year, pro rata. Successful applicants will receive both mandatory and specialized training to equip them for this challenging yet rewarding position.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to continuous improvement and high professional standards. Experience in a mental health setting is essential, along with the ability to communicate effectively with patients and colleagues. The role is part-time, permanent, and offers a salary of £23,615 per year, pro rata. Successful applicants will receive both mandatory and specialized training to equip them for this challenging yet rewarding position.
Job Summary
Come and join our fabulous new team on Newton Ward Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Clock View Hospital.
As a Housekeeper, under the supervision of the Registered Nurse and Nursing team, you will support in ensuring a clean and safe environment where the individual needs of our service users are met in a timely and effective manner utilising best practice.
Working as part of the team, you will help service users with their nutritional needs, assist in maintaining a clean and therapeutic environment, support and promote independent personal care as well as welcoming and greeting visitors to the ward.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for individuals interested and committed to delivering excellent service user care within a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment.
Newton ward is a dynamic and challenging environment, with a hard-working and dedicated staff team who strive to provide consistent, high standards of care to the diverse client base that we care for.
The range of skills you can learn and develop is expansive and varied. Working in this environment can encourage you to become a dynamic, creative, and strong leader as well provide you with the ability to think on your feet, problem solve and manage a challenging setting.
On Newton ward we encourage staff to gain further knowledge by enriching their skills through the opportunity to enrol on many of our development, leadership and training courses.
About Us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Date posted
12 December 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£23,615 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
350-MHC6780570
Job locations
Clock View
2A Oakhouse Park
Liverpool
L9 1EP
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please View The Job Description For Detailed Responsibilities.
Newton Ward currently supports all wards across the Sefton, Liverpool and Kirkby footprint and of recent now provides psychiatric intensive care services to the whole of the Mental Health Division.
Newton Ward is 12 bedded mixed ward based at Clock View Hospital that provides short-term intensive assessment, treatment, and support to service users, who are experiencing a mental health crisis, and often present with a variety of complex mental health needs.
To maximise service user recovery, the team works in a trauma informed way. Our aim is to work in the least restrictive way as possible whilst maintaining patient safety.
Upon joining our team, we will ensure that you undergo both mandatory and bespoke training, to fully equip you with the skills required to work within our psychiatric intensive care environment.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please View The Job Description For Detailed Responsibilities.
Newton Ward currently supports all wards across the Sefton, Liverpool and Kirkby footprint and of recent now provides psychiatric intensive care services to the whole of the Mental Health Division.
Newton Ward is 12 bedded mixed ward based at Clock View Hospital that provides short-term intensive assessment, treatment, and support to service users, who are experiencing a mental health crisis, and often present with a variety of complex mental health needs.
To maximise service user recovery, the team works in a trauma informed way. Our aim is to work in the least restrictive way as possible whilst maintaining patient safety.
Upon joining our team, we will ensure that you undergo both mandatory and bespoke training, to fully equip you with the skills required to work within our psychiatric intensive care environment.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
Essential
Essential
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
Come and join our fabulous new team on Newton Ward Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Clock View Hospital.
As a Housekeeper, under the supervision of the Registered Nurse and Nursing team, you will support in ensuring a clean and safe environment where the individual needs of our service users are met in a timely and effective manner utilising best practice.
Working as part of the team, you will help service users with their nutritional needs, assist in maintaining a clean and therapeutic environment, support and promote independent personal care as well as welcoming and greeting visitors to the ward.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for individuals interested and committed to delivering excellent service user care within a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment.
Newton ward is a dynamic and challenging environment, with a hard-working and dedicated staff team who strive to provide consistent, high standards of care to the diverse client base that we care for.
The range of skills you can learn and develop is expansive and varied. Working in this environment can encourage you to become a dynamic, creative, and strong leader as well provide you with the ability to think on your feet, problem solve and manage a challenging setting.
On Newton ward we encourage staff to gain further knowledge by enriching their skills through the opportunity to enrol on many of our development, leadership and training courses.
About Us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Date posted
12 December 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£23,615 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
350-MHC6780570
Job locations
Clock View
2A Oakhouse Park
Liverpool
L9 1EP
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please View The Job Description For Detailed Responsibilities.
Newton Ward currently supports all wards across the Sefton, Liverpool and Kirkby footprint and of recent now provides psychiatric intensive care services to the whole of the Mental Health Division.
Newton Ward is 12 bedded mixed ward based at Clock View Hospital that provides short-term intensive assessment, treatment, and support to service users, who are experiencing a mental health crisis, and often present with a variety of complex mental health needs.
To maximise service user recovery, the team works in a trauma informed way. Our aim is to work in the least restrictive way as possible whilst maintaining patient safety.
Upon joining our team, we will ensure that you undergo both mandatory and bespoke training, to fully equip you with the skills required to work within our psychiatric intensive care environment.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please View The Job Description For Detailed Responsibilities.
Newton Ward currently supports all wards across the Sefton, Liverpool and Kirkby footprint and of recent now provides psychiatric intensive care services to the whole of the Mental Health Division.
Newton Ward is 12 bedded mixed ward based at Clock View Hospital that provides short-term intensive assessment, treatment, and support to service users, who are experiencing a mental health crisis, and often present with a variety of complex mental health needs.
To maximise service user recovery, the team works in a trauma informed way. Our aim is to work in the least restrictive way as possible whilst maintaining patient safety.
Upon joining our team, we will ensure that you undergo both mandatory and bespoke training, to fully equip you with the skills required to work within our psychiatric intensive care environment.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Ability to function effectively as a team member
- Experience of working within and environment of service users with mental health problems
Essential
- Continuous improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Essential
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
- Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
- Basic understanding of mental illness
- Awareness of role of stock rotation/monitoring
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
- Able to present factual information and refer
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