Housekeeper

Nuffield Health; Guildford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Job summary

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital is seeking a dedicated Housekeeper to maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for patients. You will handle room cleaning, waste removal, linen collection and deep cleaning, supported by a training programme and a friendly team.

The role requires good communication and customer service skills, with flexibility to work as part of a team and align with infection prevention standards to safeguard patients and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar housekeeping role is preferred.
• Good communication and customer service skills are essential.
• Organised and able to plan work with team leads to ensure patient experience is not affected.

Responsibilities

• Clean and prepare a range of areas to create a safe, clean and pleasant environment for patients.
• Handle room cleaning, waste removal, linen collection and deep cleaning.
• Follow cleaning processes and work with Infection prevention to maintain safety.

Skills

Cleaning

Communication

Customer service

Teamwork

Job description

HousekeeperGuildford Hospital | Housekeeping | Permanent | Full-Time£25,545.00 per annum37.5 hours per weekAt Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it’s driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want – we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.Keeping our Hospitals clean is a big priority for us. We are looking for a Housekeeper who will help us to create a clean, safe and pleasant environment for patients by cleaning and preparing a range of areas, utilising the latest equipment, products and supported by a first-class training programme. You will take pride in your work and undertake a variety of general responsibilities ranging from room cleaning, waste removal, linen collection and deep cleaning.As a Housekeeper, you will:Care about our patients so that you can organise your work and plan your time with assistance from our Heads of Housekeeping to make sure cleaning never gets in the way of a patients’ experience.Be friendly, with good communication and customer service skills. This will come in handy when you are working in a team with your colleagues and also when you are interacting with our patients.Motivated, friendly and flexibleIdeally experienced in a similar role, you will be well organised and will ensure that cleaning processes are followed and that the location is clean, pleasant and safe for patients.Work closely with the Infection prevention team, reporting incidents to the relevant team members.Helping you feel good.We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.Nuffield Health Guildford HospitalNuffield Health Guildford Hospital provides high-quality healthcare working with leading Consultants to offer a range of services and treatments for preventing, diagnosing and treating a wide array of medical conditions and offer a wide range of complex surgery and services. Our care is matron led and we are proud to have received a \"good\" rating from the health care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC).Our facilities include 49 en-suite patient bedrooms, 4 operating theatres, acute dependency and oncology units. We’ve been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark for cancer care. Our site is shared with an NHS Trust hospital, giving us access to their facilities. The working atmosphere is highly professional and stimulating, yet friendly and collaborative like that of a large family unit.The hospital is easily accessible from the A3 or M25 and we are located about 1.5 miles from Guildford town centre.At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.Apply today… It starts with you.