Work in a supportive role alongside a dedicated clinical nursing team, enhancing teamwork and collaboration skills.
Consistent working hours from 7 am to 3 pm, Monday to Friday, providing a good work-life balance.
Opportunity to positively impact patient care by ensuring a clean, safe, and efficient environment.
Engagement in a variety of tasks, from ordering food to cleaning clinical equipment, allowing for a dynamic and varied workday.
Access to professional development and training opportunities within one of the largest acute Trusts in the country.
Work in a fast-paced, rewarding environment that contributes directly to high cleanliness audit scores and overall patient satisfaction.
Join a well-regarded NHS Foundation Trust that prioritizes staff well-being, diversity, and innovation in patient care.
Job Summary: Housekeeper - Ward A600 General Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
The University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Housekeeper for Ward A600, the Adult General Intensive Care Unit. This role involves maintaining a clean, safe, and efficient environment, working 7.5 hours a day from Monday to Friday, 7 am to 3 pm. Responsibilities include supporting the nursing team, organizing ward stock, assisting with meal services, taking patient food orders, and ensuring the cleanliness of clinical equipment. Strong organizational, communication, and IT skills are essential, and experience in housekeeping is desired but not mandatory. The position is suited for individuals who thrive in a busy healthcare setting and are eager to contribute to high-quality patient care. For more details or informal inquiries, contact Christopher Summers, Charge Nurse.
We require a Full-time Housekeeper on Ward A600 (Adult General Intensive Care Unit) to help us maintain a safe, tidy and efficient environment on our busy unit .
The full-time position consists of 7.5 hours a day Monday-Friday. Working times are 7am until 3 pm.
As a Housekeeper on ward A600, you will work in a supportive role, assisting the clinical nursing team to ensure the department runs smoothly.
You will need to be flexible, adaptable and have strong organisational skills. Excellent communication skills are important as you will be liaising with teams throughout the hospital whilst working closely with the nursing team.
You will be responsible for working as part of a team to order and organise ward stock, as well as an array of non-clinical tasks with additional duties as directed by the nursing/support staff.
You will also be patient facing, taking patient food orders in the morning and ensuring this is done in a timely manner. You will also be assisting the meal service to patients and ensuring this runs smoothly and caters for all patients needs.
In addition, the role involves ward cleaning of clinical equipment - keeping the area tidy and clean, this is essential to maintaining the ward's high cleanliness audit scores.
Experience in Housekeeping is desirable but not essential. You must have strong organisation, communication, IT and time management skills and be able to be innovative with a zest for new challenges as the department grows and develops new services.
Please See The Full Job Description For Further Details.
If you would like to work in a healthcare setting and enjoy a busy and rewarding environment, then this could be the job for you!
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Christopher Summers Job title: Charge Nurse Email address: Telephone number:
Band 7 team via
The full-time position consists of 7.5 hours a day Monday-Friday. Working times are 7am until 3 pm.
As a Housekeeper on ward A600, you will work in a supportive role, assisting the clinical nursing team to ensure the department runs smoothly.
You will need to be flexible, adaptable and have strong organisational skills. Excellent communication skills are important as you will be liaising with teams throughout the hospital whilst working closely with the nursing team.
You will be responsible for working as part of a team to order and organise ward stock, as well as an array of non-clinical tasks with additional duties as directed by the nursing/support staff.
You will also be patient facing, taking patient food orders in the morning and ensuring this is done in a timely manner. You will also be assisting the meal service to patients and ensuring this runs smoothly and caters for all patients needs.
In addition, the role involves ward cleaning of clinical equipment - keeping the area tidy and clean, this is essential to maintaining the ward's high cleanliness audit scores.
Experience in Housekeeping is desirable but not essential. You must have strong organisation, communication, IT and time management skills and be able to be innovative with a zest for new challenges as the department grows and develops new services.
Please See The Full Job Description For Further Details.
If you would like to work in a healthcare setting and enjoy a busy and rewarding environment, then this could be the job for you!
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Christopher Summers Job title: Charge Nurse Email address: Telephone number:
Band 7 team via
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