Housekeeper - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Birch Avenue Nursing Home provides 40 nursing home beds for people with complex dementia.

The Registered Provider and owner is South Yorkshire Housing Association, and we work in partnership with Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust.

The focus of the home is improvement and empowerment for the service user.

We are looking for a pleasant and friendly person to join the team, to work alongside and at times alone, with a good hold of communication skills who prides themselves on maintaining high standards of both catering and cleanliness.

The post holder will be responsible for providing excellent hotel services and care for people with Dementia thus requiring them to maintain a high degree of confidentiality, relating to our residents, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

The post will include working over a morning, late and weekend shift pattern. This also includes Bank Holiday's meaning that a flexible approach to shift work is essential.

It is crucial that the post holder has good communication skills, is organised and assertive. This is to enable effective prioritisation of their work to ensure good quality care starts at the beginning.

A few examples of Housekeeper duties expected are as follows:

To have excellent communication skills and willingness to attend training sessions
Practice good personal hygiene
Experience of maintaining a clean and hygienic environment, the ability to maintain accurate written records, IT literate, meaning able to use word processing software and Microsoft Office, evidence of working as a team member
Be able to use their initiative and work without constant supervision
Flexibility and enthusiasm to fulfil the requirements of the service being prepared to meet the needs of the service over 365 days of the year
Understanding of the needs of a high standard of cleanliness in a 24 hour establishment
The ability to reflect on the impact of your behaviour on others and the work environment

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people.

Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds, and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.

The main duties of the role include:

The preparation of beverages and sundry items of food for clients and clearing away of used crockery following the units' protocols and systems. This will include the collection and return of meal trolleys to designated areas

- cleaning of the trolleys and used crockery (cleaning all equipment after use). Washing of crockery, cutlery and food containers in a central dish washing station

Cleaning of all bungalow areas, offices, corridors, equipment, machinery, and sanitary areas as detailed by work schedules including internal windows and recording in appropriate documentation. This includes collection and replacement of waste sacks and laundry bags
Maintaining safety of work environment by reporting faults in equipment to the Nurse in Charge, having due regard to Health and Safety, Food Hygiene and C.O.S.H.H regulations and completing subsequent documentation. This will include any accident or incident immediately to the person in charge to ensure a safe environment. Ensuring all doors and windows are appropriately secure
Storage of linen and personal clothing as delivered and ensuring sufficient is available at all times to meet resident requirement. This will include following the colour coding of laundry bags for packing dirty linen/ clothing
Operation of various types of equipment/ machinery to ensure that high standards of cleanliness is continually maintained throughout the work environment including cleaning of floors. Movement of equipment, furniture, stores, client laundry, meals and general commodities within the unit
Teamwork is key to work with other housekeepers and nursing staff on the Bungalows. Participating in appraisal process
Working flexibly to meet service requirement, maintaining a professional and polite outlook to staff members, clients, carers, and visitors
Attendance of all mandatory and other relevant training to maintain competence. To undertake any other duties deemed necessary

- relating to the service (within the r