Job summary

We are recruiting for a Housekeeper for your Children's Ward who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are looking for a friendly, motivated individual to join an exceptional team of midwifery and non-clinical staff.

You will work as an integral part of the ward team and be responsible for the co-ordination of all patients and their parent/carer facilities/services in the ward area and for ensuring a clean, safe, and comfortable environment.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The main elements of the role are ensuring the delivery of our catering service together with other specified tasks to meet individual patient and families needs, as well as stock control and other ward-based tasks as determined by the ward manager.

We are looking for housekeepers who will embrace our exciting service developments, whilst providing the best care possible to our patients.

You will be required to work closely with contractors and support services departments, assist in the monitoring of quality standards ensuring deficiencies are dealt with in a professional and timely manner.

To assist in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards on the ward.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.