Housekeeper

Job overview

Critical Care at UCLH is seeking a hard-working and capable individual who enjoys working in an exciting and fast-paced multi-disciplinary team environment, to support us in the delivery of a quality service as a Band 3 Housekeeper working across 2 of our 4 units as required.

This is an exciting opportunity to join UCLH. You will work collaboratively with two other Housekeepers to provide full housekeeping services alongside clinical teams on our Intensive Care Units at University College London Hospital. This is a permanent full- time role with working hours of 37.5 hours a week. The successful applicant will have the option to work from either 08:00 – 16:00 or 09:00 – 17:00, 5 days a week. The post holder will work on T06 and GWB, but cross-cover supporting the other two units is expected during periods of absence.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be entrusted with responsibility and expected to be self-motivating. They will carry out housekeeping duties including ordering and managing stock of consumables, moving, cleaning and storing equipment, and ensuring the environment of the ICUs is clean and safe; identifying, reporting and resolving faults and issues. The ideal candidate will enjoy working on their feet, hands-on work and manual handling. They will be able to respond quickly and flexibly to emergencies and urgent queries, going above and beyond to deliver quality of service in the NHS. There will be opportunities to undertake training and professional development.

Please see the Job Description for a more extensive list of possible tasks that the successful candidate will be expected to complete.

We are looking for a candidate seeking an opportunity to learn new skills and eager to work at the heart of a cutting-edge critical care unit. The work will be interesting and varied, and the post-holder will be expected to be able to adapt flexibly to the needs of the service, which is fast-paced and highly changeable.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

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*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

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