Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital and Charity
Burns Housekeeper
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Role Overview
To ensure an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness within the Burns ward and Burns clinic environment, to ensure Infection Control cleaning is maintained in a safe, sensible and efficient manner.
Key Responsibilities
- To work as a full integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team in providing a safe and appropriate environment for the children and families we care for.
- To ensure efficient organisation and provision of food and beverages for patients.
- To maintain stores and adequate stock levels.
- To support under direction, the ward activity to enable patient flow and capacity.
- To work a flexible working pattern to meet service needs.
- To work as part of the Burns team to ensure that an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness is maintained. This includes clinical areas, bed spaces, family areas, and rest areas, with the Burns ward and outpatient areas.
- To liaise with the appropriate staff to ensure that the schedule of cleaning is maintained to meet the standards within the Burns Ward and Clinic.
- To ensure that the patient bed spaces are cleaned daily and kept clean and tidy to ensure a safe environment, working with the nursing staff, child/young person, and family.
- To collect/deliver specimens to and from other departments as required.
- To collect blood products from central blood bank and satellite fridges, and ensure that blood collection training is kept up to date.
- To escalate any concerns immediately to the nursing team. Situations may include safeguarding, deterioration of patients, parent/patient advice, and support.
- To ensure the routine re-stocking of clinical areas against agreed stock levels.
- To maintain and restock the linen cupboard, liaising with the linen department as required.
- To ensure that the care and maintenance schedule of all fabrics, upholstery, and curtains within the department is maintained.
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About Us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children, and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
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Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year, offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity, and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity, and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits, contact:
- Name: Deborah Lyne
- Job Title: Housekeeper
- Email Address: deborah.lyne@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 0121 333 8966
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