Housekeeper

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team, working part time, as a housekeeper within the Burns Service at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. The post is split between the inpatient Burns Unit ( 23hrs per week) and the outpatient Burns and Plastics Aftercare Clinic ( 7.5hrs per week). The Burns Service provides care for children / babies aged 0-16 years and their families admitted with thermal injuries or other general medical and surgical conditions, The successful candidate will work as part of the multi-professional team in maintaining a clean, organised, safe, comfortable environment for patients and their families.

The main elements of the role include catering responsibilities, assisting with drinking/feeding if required, cleaning, ordering of stores, stocking up, minor equipment maintenance and other jobs as requested by the nurse in charge, whilst maintaining privacy and dignity for families at all times.

The role is to enhance the patient/family experience whilst supporting the nursing team.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.