Housekeeper/storekeeper - Theatres - Whiston, United Kingdom - St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Whiston, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Part Time 30 hours per week over 4 days

We are looking for an enthusiastic House/Store Keeper to join our dedicated Theatre Team at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The post holder will be expected to perform a range of tasks operating both within a team and independently.

You will be involved in all aspects of indirect patient care under supervision of the Team Leader, ensuring the tidiness and appearance of our Operating Theatre Department.

The position is based at Whiston Hospital, however the post holder may be required to work across both Whiston and St Helens sites.

A Standard DBS is required for this post.

To work as part of the multidisciplinary team undertaking household support tasks
To accept responsibility for specifically delegated functions within theatres which the Team Leader feels are appropriate for untrained staff to undertake
To ensure the health and Safety of patients and staff are considered at all times
To ensure that privacy and confidentiality of patients is paramount and is not compromised
To be aware and assist with maintaining stock levels in theatres for clinical and nonclinical items
Ensure that theatre supplies are appropriately stored and that stocks are at the levels set by the materials management team
All stock is to be checked against delivery note and put away when brought from logistics on a weekly/daily basis and ensure correct correspondence with purchase invoices and report any discrepancies
To ensure stock is rotated according to their expiry dates
To ensure the theatre department including nonclinical areas are clean and tidy at all times
To maintain staff changing rooms
To ensure the scrubs holding area is clean and tidy at all times
To maintain staff tearoom fridges and microwaves as per Trust Policy
To maintained infection control and prevention as per trust policy
To comply with all other Trust policies and procedures
To collect/deliver items or messages to and from departments within the Trust

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.

We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 360,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man.

We are a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.

Our '5 Star Patient Care' strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.

Our latest achievements include:

Acute Trust of the Year
HSJ Awards November 201
Trust rates Outstanding by the CQC
Inspection August 201
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers and Health Service Journal)
Best acute Trust in the North West for quality of care (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
Best place to work in the North West (NHS Staff Survey 2021)

In the NHS Staff Survey 2021 the Trust scored the highest marks in the North West for the following areas;

Standard of care
Best place to work
Care of patients being the Trust's priority
Staff engagement
Staff morale
Compassionate and inclusive
Providing a safe environment for staff

KEY DUTIES

To work as part of the multidisciplinary team undertaking household support tasks
To accept responsibility for specifically delegated functions within theatres which the Team Leader feels are appropriate for untrained staff to undertake
To ensure the health and Safety of patients and staff are considered at all times
To ensure that privacy and confidentiality of patients is paramount and is not compromised
To be aware and assist with maintaining stock levels in theatres for clinical and nonclinical items
Ensure that theatre supplies are appropriately stored and that stocks are at the levels set by the materials management team
All stock is to be checked against delivery note and put away when brought from logistics on a weekly/daily basis and ensure correct correspondence with purchase invoices and report any discrepancies
To ensure stock is rotated according to their expiry dates
To ensure the theatre department including nonclinical areas are clean and tidy at all times
To maintain staff changing rooms
To ensure the scrubs holding area is clean and tidy at all times
To maintain staff tearoom fridges and microwaves as per Trust Policy
To maintained infection control and prevention as per trust policy
To comply with all other Trust policies and procedures
To collect/deliver items or messages to and from departments within the Trus

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES

To attend regular mandatory update training, fire lectures, moving and handling and resuscitation training within the requirements of the trusts health and safety policy
To su