Senior Housekeeper inStoke-on Trent inStoke-on Trent PUBLISHED
FRI 3 JAN 2025
The Senior Housekeeper at Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Stoke-on-Trent is responsible for providing a clean and safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff in accordance with National Cleaning Standards and health regulations. The role involves working as part of the Housekeeping team, performing various cleaning duties, operating mechanical cleaning equipment, and managing the replenishment and storage of cleaning supplies. Additionally, the Senior Housekeeper may assist with laundry tasks and will support ward-based catering duties, ensuring that service users receive meals in a timely and presentable manner.
The position requires flexibility, as the post holder may need to adapt to different areas within the Hotel Services Department based on service needs. This role entails strict adherence to cleaning schedules and procedures, as well as occasional specialist cleaning tasks. The Senior Housekeeper plays a crucial role in maintaining high cleanliness standards while contributing to the overall service quality within the healthcare environment.
The position requires flexibility, as the post holder may need to adapt to different areas within the Hotel Services Department based on service needs. This role entails strict adherence to cleaning schedules and procedures, as well as occasional specialist cleaning tasks. The Senior Housekeeper plays a crucial role in maintaining high cleanliness standards while contributing to the overall service quality within the healthcare environment.
The Housekeeping staff provide a clean and safe environment to our patients, visitors and staff ensuring that a high standard of cleanliness in line with National Cleaning Standards, infection control and health and safety are met and maintained.
The post holder will be expected to work as part of the wider Housekeeping team, providing an integrated and flexible service, and as such may sometimes be required to undertake duties within other areas of the Hotel Services Department should the needs of the service demand it.
- Maintain the required standard of cleaning services following the correct procedure and frequencies
- Undertake a variety of cleaning duties in line with the ward/area/location cleaning schedules
- Operate mechanical cleaning equipment
- Replenish disposables and consumables
- Safely and correctly store cleaning chemicals and equipment
- Carry out specialist cleaning and one-off cleaning duties in line with service requirements
- Assist with laundry duties as and when required
- Where applicable - ward based duties as required:o Ward based catering duties to ensure in conjunction with nursing staff that service users are provided with appropriate mealso Regenerate food, probe, record temperature of food and serveo Ensure that meals are served in a presentable and timely manner and appropriate cutlery and condiments are suppliedo Assist to ensure dining room area is ready for service and cleared afterwardso Record waste levels at end of serviceo Clean regeneration trolley
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