Housekeeping Training and Support Co-Ordinator | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
We are recruiting for a Housekeeping Training and Support Co-Ordinator who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Responsible for ensuring that ward housekeepers are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the high expectations associated with their role in food service delivery, by ensuring they adhere to the Hospitality Operations Standing Training Manual (HOST).
To co-ordinate a small team of ‘pool’ housekeepers to provide cover to wards in periods of absence.
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.
Manage and control resources effectively in accordance with the Trust’s SFI’s/SO’s and other policies.
Participate in training as appropriate and put your skills and knowledge into practice. Training will be identified and carried out to fulfil the requirements of this job description. The post holder’s manager is responsible for his/her training and development.
Ensure that all staff carry out their duties in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner in accordance with agreed employment policies.
Assist the Service Manager to ensure that your staff receive sufficient and appropriate induction and training to undertake the tasks required of them and evaluate the effectiveness of this. Provide corrective coaching as appropriate.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and 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 and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Feb 2025