Hotel Services Assistant

NHS Jobs; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated cleaning operative to maintain hygiene standards across hospital facilities. The role includes floor cleaning, dusting, window and sanitary fittings maintenance, and ensuring clean and stocked patient areas.

Responsibilities cover damp mopping, vacuuming, replenishing supplies, and securing buildings after shifts. Prioritizes safety and compliance with NHS cleaning protocols.

Qualifications

• Duties include cleaning floors, furniture, windows and sanitary fittings as described in the job spec.

Responsibilities

• Damp mop and buff all floor surfaces, including use of machinery.
• Vacuum clean all carpet areas using appropriate machinery.
• Damp dust radiators, pipes and ledges.
• Clean all furniture and fittings by prescribed methods.
• Perform high dusting and window/partition glass cleaning as required.
• Replenish disposable items (towels, soap, etc.) and empty refuse bins.
• Open and secure buildings following procedures when required.

Skills

Damp mopping

Vacuum cleaning

Damp dusting

Cleaning furniture

Window cleaning

Sanitary fixtures cleaning

Waste disposal

Stock replenishment

Job description

PLEASE NOTE: Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Key result areas (main duties/responsibilities)

Cleaning Duties

• 1. Damp mopping and buffing of all floor surfaces, including using machinery. Periodic maintenance as included in the cleaning schedules.
• 2. Vacuum cleaning of all carpet areas, including use of machinery.
• 3. Damp dusting all radiators, pipes and ledges.
• 4. Cleaning of all furniture and fittings by the appropriate method.
• 5. High dusting.
• 6. Cleaning of partition glass and inside of windows where necessary.
• 7. Cleaning of all sanitary fitments.
• 8. Cleaning wall tiles.
• 9. Replenishing disposable items, e.g. paper towels, soap, rubbish sacks etc.
• 10. Emptying of refuse bins and removing to place of disposal. Cleaning of all refuse holders.
• 11. Cleaning of lockers, beds and mattress when vacated by the patient.

Ad Hoc Duties

• 12. Order and maintain cleaning supplies to required stock level.
• 13. Report defaults, breakages, pests etc to relevant person.
• 14. To complete all relevant paperwork as requested by management.
• 15. To open and secure buildings following procedures where required.

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration. After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk websiteSkilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK(www.gov.uk)

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust