Theatres Housekeeper

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly Theatre Team at Sheffield Childrens Hospital.

To help maintain a high standard of care by providing a clean, safe and suitable environment within the theatre department. The role will provide support in a non clinical way to those who provide direct patient care. The successful candidate will provide a high standard of cleanliness throughout, report any deficiencies and take appropriate action where needed.

The post holder will need to have a excellent attention to detail to help maintain high standards by providing a safe and clean environment for patient care. The successful candidate will work alongside a multidisciplinary team therefore good communication and team work is key.

The Theatre Team is the largest team in the hospital made up of Anaesthetic practitioners, Scrub Practitioners, Support Workers, Theatre Escorts, Theatre Store Keepers and a Theatre admin team. The post holder would report to a registered Theatre practitioner.

Sheffield Children’s is one of three independent, specialist paediatric hospitals in the country, providing dedicated healthcare for children and young people across community, mental health and acute specialist settings.

We have three overarching aims that set the direction for the Trust in our vision “to create a healthier future for children and young people.”

• Outstanding patient care
• Brilliant place to work
• Leader in children’s health

Our commitment to rewarding colleagues is demonstrated through our brilliant reward and benefits offer including; generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme and access to salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and lease cars.

We are committed to supporting colleagues from different heritages and lifestyles while at work. This is supported through the offer we have in place for flexible working and the three equality network groups we have in place. Colleagues are encouraged to join these groups and request flexible working.

• Provide a high standard of cleanliness throughout the theatre department
• Ensure theatre staff have constant access to laundry to deliver correct patient care.
• Maintain regimented cleaning schedules throughout the theatre department.
• Ensure all items of cleaning equipment are stored appropriately within the department and away from clinical activity.
• Ensure storage within the operating theatre or anaesthetic rooms are clean, including trollies and draws making them a suitable place for storing equipment.
• Keep staffing areas clean and maintained.

Inclusive Recruitment & Selection

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.

We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net

We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Children’s being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert atCatherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net

Trust Values

The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:

• Compassion – leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
• Accountability – striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
• Respect – value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
• Excellence – delivering a high-quality standard of care