Bank Housekeeper

Bank Night shift Housekeeper | Spire Shawfair Park Hospital - Edinburgh | Bank | Weekly pay | £12.76 per hour plus enhancements

Spire Shawfair Park Hospital is looking for a Bank Housekeeper to carry out housekeeping duties throughout the hospital to cover night shifts 10pm - 6am Monday to Sunday, on a rota basis.

Duties and responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital in line with the housekeeping and infection control policy
• Complete the cleaning schedules related to the shift, ensuring that rooms are ready for immediate occupation and public areas are clean
• Keep in close contact with the Senior Housekeeper and report any concerns regarding housekeeping issues immediately
• Work in close liaison with the clinical staff, understanding the special needs of the hospital on a day to day basis
• Responsible for the day to day maintenance of the equipment provided, checking for faults and supply shortages and reporting them to the line manager
• Compliance with all Health and Safety at Work regulations including COSHH
• Work with guidance on moving and handling, as identified in corporate and local policy and discussed at Mandatory training sessions
• Quality assurance and patient confidentiality must be maintained at all times

Essential Skills

• Experience in a customer facing environment
• Previous housekeeping experience
• Experience working unsupervised and on own initiative, prioritising tasks
• A positive and flexible approach to customer service
• Good communication skills
• Willing and able to complete mandatory training for COSSH, Manual Handling, Infection Control, food hygiene and Health & Safety in-house.

Benefits

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.