Housekeeper - #189509

Job Description

Housekeeper | Spire Parkway Hospital | Solihull | Private Hospital | Permanent | 37.5 hrs per week or 22.5hrs per week| Excellent benefits

Spire Parkway Hospital have an exciting opportunity for a Housekeeper to join our dynamic housekeeping team working on a 37.5hr or 22.5hrs per week contract. This is a permanent position with a combination of day and night shifts.

Our vision is to be recognised as a world-class healthcare provider, bringing together the best people dedicated to creating excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.

Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull, West Midlands offers a comprehensive range of private hospital services. Our hospital is rated Good by the CQC for all parts of the inspection except for Patient Care, which is rated Outstanding. The report states, “Staff treated patients with compassion and kindness, respected their privacy and dignity, took account of their individual needs, and helped them understand their conditions. They provided emotional support to patients, families and carers.”

Our dedicated hospital team are passionate about excellent patient care and we offer a range of specialist treatments to patients across Birmingham, Warwickshire and the West Midlands. This includes diagnostic services, rehabilitation, cutting-edge surgical procedures and excellence in specialist fields like orthopaedics, women’s health and cancer care. We have 51 bedrooms and five operating theatres.

Duties And Responsibilities (not Limited To)

As Housekeeper, you will be responsible to maintain a high standard of cleanliness throughout the all areas of the hospital.

• To ensure all areas of the hospital are cleaned in line with policies, & all relevant paperwork is completed
• To make sure that all building and fabric issues are reported
• Carry out scheduled flushing list within the hospital
• Make sure all equipment is thoroughly cleaned at the end of each shift and left how you would expect to find it and to a high standard
• To maintain a good standard of Health & Safety and COSHH legislations
• To promote the spire behaviours
  
  

Who are we looking for?

• Whilst no formal qualifications are required you must be able to communicate with other members of staff and patients clearly and your personal appearance must be of a high standard, expected in a professional healthcare environment
• Experience of working in a similar role, in a customer facing environment
• Good communication skills
• Ability to establish rapport with all customers
• Able to work as part of a team
• Ability to work on own initiative and with a methodical approach to work
• Maintains high standards
• Ability to work evenings and possibly some weekends
  
  

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
  
  

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

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together
  
  

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

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.