Housekeeper

Full time Post 37.5 hoursJoin a world-leader in cancer treatment and research.Work with a successful operating team, and an award-winning organisation which invests in its staff.We are pleased to be able to offer exciting opportunity for Surgical Theatres Housekeeper. The housekeeper will monitor and maintain environmental cleanliness to set standards and, as part of the unit team, the post holder will complement the delivery of patient care by theatre team. The surgical theatre housekeeper will be required to undertake a range of duties associated with the procurement service to theatres which includes deputising for the divisional stores coordinator with stock control, ordering and storage., o Daily tidying of changing rooms, collect and restock theatre scrubs.

o Maintain a clean & tidy.

o Check and maintain adequate levels of linen and assist staff in keeping the theatre reception area clean and tidy.

o Remove and dispose of used linen as per trust policy to collection points.

o Patient / service user related tasks /duties.

o Ensure warning signs are displayed where necessary.

o Stock ordering and storage to facilitate rotation and financial governance.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.