Cleaning Services Assistant

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Nottingham is seeking proactive and hardworking staff for a part-time role within Cleaning Services. Responsibilities include cleaning clinical and non-clinical areas while adhering to health and safety guidelines and maintaining high standards of cleanliness. The ideal candidate should have basic IT skills and some experience in a stores environment. This is a permanent position offering a salary of £24,465 per annum pro rata. Join a dedicated team working to ensure the highest standards of safety and care.

Benefits

Subsidised staff restaurant

Annual leave starts at 27 days plus bank holidays

Staff discounts via NHS Discounts website

Qualifications

• Demonstrate a sound/basic level of secondary school education.
• Basic IT skills - use of Excel, Outlook and Word.
• Experience of working in stores environment, or experience dealing with the public.

Responsibilities

• Place weekly orders with NHS Cleaning assistant managers.
• Receive and count all deliveries in the cleaning services store.
• Advise Line Manager of any stock discrepancies.

Skills

Basic IT skills

Knowledge of cleaning procedures

Experience in working in stores environment

Stock Control procedures knowledge

Delivery Routes knowledge

Knowledge of manual handling procedure

Education

Secondary school education

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Word

Job description

Job Summary

We require proactive and hardworking staff to work as part of a team within Cleaning Services. The role involves cleaning in clinical and non‑clinical areas, providing and maintaining the highest standard of cleaning to all areas in all wards and departments, ensuring at all times the highest degree of cleanliness, safety and care.

Please also note that due to high volume of applications this advert may be closed early.

Main Duties

To be part of a Cleaning Services team that provides and maintains the highest standard of service to patients, visitors and staff, ensuring at all times the highest degree of cleanliness, safety and care. Using chemicals and cleaning equipment responsibly and within health and safety guidelines. The post holder is responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital and designated wards or departments in line with the National Specifications for Cleanliness in the NHS. Undertake allocated tasks in a flexible, efficient manner working within defined rotas and work schedules according to Trust policies and procedures. The post holder will have their main base of work on either campus, City Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Treatment Centre or Ropewalk House however there may be occasions to cover another site.

About Us

With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation. Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH. Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them. Our Team is tight knit and work well together. A subsidised staff restaurant is available on site. Annual Leave starts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays. There are also a number of staff discounts via NHS Discounts website.

Details

Posted: 19 December 2025

Pay Scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 2

Salary: £24,465 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part‑time

Reference number: 164-7644248

Job locations: City, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB

Job Responsibilities

Place weekly orders with NHS Cleaning assistant managers, amend standing orders for cleaning materials via electronic system, ensuring that orders have been signed first by Line Manager, reverting to paper based system or telephone/fax if electronic system fails.

Receive and count all deliveries and put all products away in correct locations within the cleaning services store.

Advise Line Manager any stock discrepancy in delivery against requisitions.

Make up orders of cleaning materials & chemicals, cleaning equipment, hand towels, dishwasher salt for wards/depts using completed store order sheets.

Deliver completed orders to wards/depts checking that ward stores are not exceeding the department standard stock level, prioritise urgent deliveries.

Responsible for checking that chemicals at ward level are stored in accordance with COSHH/Chemical regulations and Trust Health & Safety policy. Chemicals stored in a manner which poses a threat to patient care should be reported to the Line Manager.

Plan and organise the collection of faulty equipment from the cleaning services stores, checking that each piece of equipment is clearly labelled with fault/serial number and delivers/collects to/from the Facilities Engineers Store.

Responsible for the security of housekeeping stock within the store.

Keep all store areas clean (in accordance with NHS cleaning standards). Keep all pedestrian areas free of obstructions (in accordance with Health & Safety regulations).

In accordance with guidelines (stores manual) ensures all area store sheets are processed.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications Essential

• Demonstrate a sound/basic level of secondary school education
• Basic IT skills - use of Excel, Outlook and Word.

Desirable

• Knowledge of cleaning procedures

Experience Essential

• Experience of working in stores environment, or experience dealing with the public.
• Stock Control procedures knowledge
• Delivery Routes
• Knowledge of manual handling procedure

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: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address: City, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB

Employer's website: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/