Band 2 Hotel Services Assistant (Housekeeping) - Weston-super-Mare

A Hotel Services Assistant undertakes a range of duties, including:-

Catering - Working on Wards to reheat and serve Service Users meals and working in the central Kitchen to prepare salads, sandwiches and other catering items.

Cleaning- Cleaning of the kitchen, dining room, and other areas of the Ward as required.

Please see the Job Description.

1. Cleaning in all areas to the agreed NHS specification (including but not limited to National Standards of Cleanliness, CQC outcomes and PLACE, and in line with local schedules. Areas will include but not be limited to service user bedrooms, communal areas, sanitary areas, clinic rooms, kitchens, offices, corridors. To replenish stocks of disposable items, i.e.: paper hand towels, soap. Working in accordance with all relevant Health and safety procedures at all times e.g. COSHH, Manual Handling.

2. Completion of cleaning records signing off areas completed and noting areas those areas that are inaccessible.

3. Highlighting to the Nurse in Charge or Hotel Service Supervisor areas of concern e.g. on-going issues around access.

4. Adhering to all aspects of Infection Control to ensure the potential for spread of infection is minimised.

5. Working in accordance with the National Colour Coding guidance.

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provideHigh Quality, Compassionate Careeverywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential: - Previous cleaning/housekeeping experience; - Previous catering experience; - Food Hygiene Awareness/Qualification; - Knowledge of COSHH

Desirable: - Literate; - Numerate