Housekeeper - Part Time - Lincoln, United Kingdom - Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Lincoln, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Here at LPFT, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

This is an exciting time to join LPFT as we continue our journey of service improvement.

Discovery House is a Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit at Lincoln with three wards. These wards are open 24//7 and through out the year. This will include working weekends and some Bank Holidays.


We are looking to recruit a housekeeper who is friendly, hard-working, and a team player, organised, have good interpersonal and communication skills, who can work on their own initiative, and must also be flexible.

The post holder is part of a team of housekeepers who are responsible to the Housekeeping Supervisor


Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire.

Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.


You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work.

We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall.

In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.

We're really proud of this


We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions.

We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.


  • Achieve and maintain high standards of cleanliness in at all times, in line with NHS National Standards of Cleanliness and Infection Control policy:
  • Use of all cleaning equipment and materials appropriately and effectively to provide a clean and safe environment
  • Cleaning of all areas within the unit both on the wards and the off ward areas as defined in the cleaning schedules
  • Daily inspection of electrical cleaning equipment prior to use and the reporting of any faults as appropriate
  • Disposal of all waste in accordance with trust policies
  • Damp dusting of all fixtures and fitting/internal glass
  • Ensure all soft furnishings, curtains and soft flooring are cleaned and maintained as required
  • Changing curtains when required and rehang as necessary
  • Any other duties as related to housekeeping within the unit.
  • Prepare and regenerate meals for patients. Maintain all food safety records in line with Food Safety Manual, Catering Policy, and all food safety legislation.
  • Ensure patient area is readied for meal service, and clear related crockery/cutlery etc after meal service, ensuring these are washed appropriately.
  • Maintain stocks of cleaning materials on wards and admin areas.
  • Report any issues/damage to the environment/furniture etc to the Housekeeping Supervisor/Ward Manager.
  • Ensure all stocks of linen are maintained and laundered in line with appropriate policies.
  • Comply with and carry out safe practice in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, appropriate Codes of Conduct, the Mental Health Act (1983)
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