Housekeeping Assistant - Birmingham

Salary: £20,535.00
Location: Birmingham
Hours: 37.5- Full time and Flexible Hours available

The Charity

St Andrew’s Healthcare is a charity providing specialist mental healthcare services. We work in partnership with a number of NHS, voluntary, educational and research organisations to deliver a range of specialist inpatient and community mental healthcare services, education and research that helps to improve the lives of people with complex mental health needs.

St Andrew’s Birmingham is a 118 bedded adult mental healthcare facility comprises of eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport.

We are very proud that our Birmingham hospital is rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission and ‘Outstanding’ in responsiveness. We are also part of a wider healthcare provider collaborative, REACHOUT, working in association with two other NHS Trusts in the West Midlands.

We ensure our patients consistently get the best possible outcomes and local teams gain more control and responsibility.

Housekeeping Assistants

In this role you will be cleaning central areas of the hospital as well as cleaning wards and bathrooms in low and medium secure environment. You will play a key role in the delivery of safe food service to patients during meal times and ensuring that high levels of excellence are maintained in both public areas and back of house. You will have high standards of cleanliness naturally and take pride in the work that you undertake. BICSc NVQ in Cleaning and Hospitality and Food Hygiene level 1 qualifications would be desirable but not essential as full training will be given.

Applications are welcome from well-motivated individuals, who are flexible, able to demonstrate initiative and who possess excellent communication skills.

We can offer you outstanding career development and training, a range of benefits and the opportunity to join us at a truly exciting time in our growth and development.

Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.

Rewards

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• Pension
• Sickness policy on par with the NHS
• 35 days annual leave, increasing to 41 after 10 years' service
• Life cover
• Car lease scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Free parking
• Paid DBS application