Bank Housekeeper

Spire Bushey Hospital is looking for a Housekeeper to carry out housekeeping duties throughout the hospital, on a Bank basis. You will complete cleaning schedules ensuring rooms are ready to the correct layout. The experienced housekeeper will mainly cover shifts for sickness and annual leave.

This is your opportunity to join one of the UK's leading private hospitals and take Spire Bushey Hospital is one of North London and Hertfordshire's leading private hospitals, with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality private hospital treatment. All of our consultants are highly experienced and many enjoy national and international reputations.

Spire Bushey Hospital forms part of a 4 site portfolio, and is supported by and works alongside Spire Bushey Diagnostic Centre, Elstree Cancer Centre and Spire Pathology Centre. Our theatre team cover a wide variety of specialties including Ortho, Bariatric, General, Gyane, ENT, Urology, Plastics, Ophthalmics, Spinal.

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.