Facilities Assistant/Weekend Housekeeper

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Bognor Regis; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Living Wage Employer

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Weekend Housekeeper to support ward environments during evening mealtimes and maintain high kitchen hygiene standards. You will serve meals, soups, and refreshments, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to infection prevention policies.

The role involves cleaning tasks, paperwork, and collaboration with nursing and facilities staff to provide a clean, safe, and patient-centered environment across weekends in Sussex communities.

Responsibilities

• Serve evening meals to patients, ensuring meals are delivered accurately and courteously.
• Complete the evening soup round, offering and serving soup to patients as required.
• Carry out the evening tea and refreshment round, ensuring patients have access to hot and cold drinks.
• Maintain cleanliness and tidiness of the ward kitchen and associated food preparation areas.
• Wash and store kitchen equipment, crockery, and utensils in accordance with hygiene procedures.
• Complete cleaning schedules and maintain records as required.
• Accurately complete all relevant paperwork, including temperature checks, cleaning records, and food service documentation.
• Report any maintenance, hygiene, or safety concerns to the appropriate department.
• Adhere to all Trust policies relating to infection prevention, food safety, health and safety, and confidentiality.
• Work effectively with nursing, catering, and facilities staff to ensure a high-quality service is delivered to patients.

Job description

Weekend Housekeeper - Saturdays 16.00-19.00 and Sundays 16.00-19.00

The Weekend Housekeeper is responsible for supporting the smooth running of the ward environment during evening mealtimes and maintaining high standards of cleanliness within the kitchen and associated areas. The role is essential in ensuring patients receive meals and refreshments in a timely and professional manner while complying with all hygiene, safety, and infection prevention standards.

Serve evening meals to patients, ensuring meals are delivered accurately and courteously.

Complete the evening soup round, offering and serving soup to patients as required.

Carry out the evening tea and refreshment round, ensuring patients have access to hot and cold drinks.

Maintain cleanliness and tidiness of the ward kitchen and associated food preparation areas.

Wash and store kitchen equipment, crockery, and utensils in accordance with hygiene procedures.

Complete cleaning schedules and maintain records as required.

Accurately complete all relevant paperwork, including temperature checks, cleaning records, and food service documentation.

Report any maintenance, hygiene, or safety concerns to the appropriate department.

Adhere to all Trust policies relating to infection prevention, food safety, health and safety, and confidentiality.

Work effectively with nursing, catering, and facilities staff to ensure a high-quality service is delivered to patients.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Richie Blyth Job title: Facilities Supervisor Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07484902495