Senior Housekeeper inGreat Wyrley inGreat Wyrley PUBLISHED
MON 28 OCT 2024
The Senior Housekeeper at Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Great Wyrley is responsible for maintaining a clean and safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff, adhering to National Cleaning Standards and infection control protocols. The role involves working collaboratively within the Housekeeping team, which may require flexibility to undertake tasks across different areas of the Hotel Services Department as needed. Key duties include executing cleaning schedules, operating mechanical equipment, replenishing supplies, safely storing chemicals, and performing specialist cleaning tasks. Additionally, the position may include ward-based responsibilities like assisting with meal service and maintaining dining areas.
Applicants should be prepared to adapt to the dynamic needs of the service, focusing on delivering high-quality cleanliness and hygiene standards throughout the facility, while also potentially supporting laundry and catering duties. The role is pivotal in ensuring a safe and pleasant environment for all who use the services.
Applicants should be prepared to adapt to the dynamic needs of the service, focusing on delivering high-quality cleanliness and hygiene standards throughout the facility, while also potentially supporting laundry and catering duties. The role is pivotal in ensuring a safe and pleasant environment for all who use the services.
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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