Service Support Assistant

Job description

Job summary

This position works under direct supervision of the Clinical Site Manager on shift in support of a 24/7 patient flow service undertaking tasks and duties delegated. The main element of the role is to provide specialist cleaning to areas within Wye Valley Trust to minimise the risk of cross contamination.

This is a vital role to ensure the safety of patients moving around the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Providing 24/7 support to patient flow by maintaining the cleanliness of the environment as and when directed by Clinical Site Manager

To use equipment provided as required for the task

Complete all audit and quality standards documentation as required

To recognise and report to appropriate senior staff any equipment failure or environmental factors that has the potential of an adverse impact.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached Job Description and Person Spec.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached Job Description and Person Spec.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Secondary Education
• English Language O' level / equivalent

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• IT literate: email
• Able to demonstrate understanding of hygiene standards in a clinical environment.
• Ability to follow instruction / work on own
• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people

Experience

Essential

• Willing to develop skills and competencies relevant to the role

Desirable

• Working in a Hospital environment or similar environment

Person Specification
Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Secondary Education
• English Language O' level / equivalent

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• IT literate: email
• Able to demonstrate understanding of hygiene standards in a clinical environment.
• Ability to follow instruction / work on own
• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people

Experience

Essential

• Willing to develop skills and competencies relevant to the role

Desirable

• Working in a Hospital environment or similar environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address

Wye Valley Trust - Hereford County Hospital

Hereford

HR1 2ER

United Kingdom

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