Housekeeper

The post holder will be required to carry out various tasks such as monitoring and supporting patients with their menu choices, liaising with dieticians, and other multi disciplinary team members on the ward.

Ensuring patients are provided with supplies as needed, daily and weekly stock checking and maintaining equipment and ordering of Stock.

The post holder will be responsible for generally keeping the ward environment and clinical areas in a tidy and safe state at all times.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills as part of the role will be making and receiving telephone calls. The post holder must have the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Good communication skills are essential, experience as a housekeeper is desirable.

The Trust's services are provided from three locations: o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds. o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E,
outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery