Ward Environment Support Worker (WESW) job at Leeds Full Time NEW

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Job Summary

To work as a member of the clinical ward team carrying out the cleaning and the movement of patients, specimens & goods/consumables/drugs between wards and departments. To provide a range of direct or indirect supervised non-clinical support to the professional teams within designated clinical areas.

The role will be supportive in keeping the hospital environment, safe, clean and tidy. The provision of a high-quality support service, responding to patient bed discharge/equipment cleaning and or/ urgent patient equipment/specimen/blood transportation.

The job holder will work within designated clinical areas providing support to the multi-disciplinary teams. Duties will include answering phones, cleaning equipment, setting up equipment under supervision, ordering maintaining stock levels and any other general clinical duties required.

The job holder will meet, and greet patients, family or carers and provide family and carer support where asked to do so. The job holder will be a central point of communication between the department and medical physics to ensure equipment is returned, and repaired, and or serviced in a timely manner

Why you should join our Team

J14 is an Older Adult Medical ward with a focus and drive to provide high quality patient-centred care. All staff members work as a team to support each other and the patients.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying ‘at risk’ members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named if you have any question.

What you will bring to the role

To work as a member of the clinical ward team carrying out the cleaning and the movement of patients, specimens & goods/consumables/drugs between wards and departments. To provide a range of direct or indirect supervised non-clinical support to the professional teams within designated clinical areas.

The role will be supportive in keeping the hospital environment, safe, clean and tidy. The provision of a high-quality support service, responding to patient bed discharge/equipment cleaning and or/ urgent patient equipment/specimen/blood transportation.

The role includes cleaning shared patient equipment, ward area cleaning including staff room/ MDT office,supporting with bed space cleaning for admissions/transfers/ bed swaps, supporting patient meal service, completing stock checks and replenishment.

At times there may be a requirement to cover other ward areas within the CSU.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.