Housekeeping Assistant

Ward 16 is a 21 bedded antenatal and postnatal ward looking after a complex caseload. We are currently looking to recruit a part time house keeper to join our established team.,

• General housekeeping duties for the ward and other areas as designated by the Ward Manager, Midwife in charge or Modern Matron.
• The main elements of the role are ensuring the delivery of cleaning, catering minor maintenance, administrative and other specified tasks to meet individual patient needs as determined by the ward manager.
• The post holder will be required to monitor quality standards and report deficiencies and take appropriate action.
  
  + Knowledge of cleaning products
+ Able to demonstrate good communication with patients, staff and ward visitors. + Awareness of good hygiene standards + Mandatory training as defined by the Trust policies + Ability to work without direct supervision + To be flexible and respond to changing service needs + High level of personal motivation + Understanding the need for confidentiality when dealing with patients and their families Desirable + NVQ level 1 or 2 + Previous experience of similar housekeeping work

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.