Housekeeper

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Housekeeper to join our hospital team. The role is 30 hours per week with a focus on cleaning, infection control, and maintaining hygienic patient and staff areas, including bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and communal spaces.

We value an understanding, caring personality who is organised, hardworking and a team player. The post is based in Wakefield and Closing date is 10 November 2026; UK visa sponsorship is not available for this

Qualifications

• Understanding and caring personality.
• Organised, hardworking and a team player.

Responsibilities

• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, corridors, dining rooms, kitchens, service areas and other spaces to a high standard.
• Store housekeeping equipment and chemicals safely.
• Cook and serve meals for service users as required.
• Maintain unit cleanliness and assist with infection prevention and control.
• Communicate with nursing and other staff to ensure patient dietary needs are met.

Skills

Caring personality

Organised

Hardworking

Team player

Job description

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Housekeeper

The closing date is 10 November 2026

30 hours per week - previous applicants need not apply

Therole of a housekeeper is so important in a hospital that no hospital facilitycan do without them.

Youwill need to have an understanding and caring personality for this role,

But also,be organised, hardworking, and a team player.

Housekeepershave lots of different roles, everyone one of them are very important, butcleaning and infection control, is at the top of the list, making sure yourkitchen area is hygienic, the bedrooms are clean , bathrooms spotless, communalareas are clean and tidy, all these things are part of your daily routine, butno two days are usually the same.

Atthe time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements setby UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For thisreason, we are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role.

Weare happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right towork in the UK or via alternative visa routes. Such applications will beconsidered alongside all other applications.

Main duties of the job

Housekeepersare involved in cleaning of bedrooms, bathrooms, corridors, dining rooms,kitchens service areas and everywhere in between.

Theyare also responsible for making all patient areas in hospitals clean andhygienic, so everyone has a safe and comfortable stay.

Ahospital housekeeper is responsible for properly storing housekeeping equipmentand chemicals safely.

Ourhousekeepers are also responsible for cooking and serving meals for the serviceusers we have staying with us.

Youwill need to have an understanding and caring personality for this role,

Butalso be organised, hardworking, and a team player.

All employees of the Trust arestrongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staffand patients.

We are aware that an increasingnumber of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Jobapplication forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thoroughscreening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. Ifyou are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHSJobs application form.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

Providea high standard of catering and general housekeeping duties within a mentalhealth inpatient environment. Duties will be carried out in line with nationalstandards of cleanliness, infection prevention & control and food safety.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

Provide a full meal and snack service tothe service users on the wards

a.Receiveand store all food in accordance with set standards and Trust policy.

b.Prepareand pack menu items for service users to the required standard, in line withthe Trusts Food Safety, HACCP and Health & Safety policies &procedures.

c.Regenerate/prepareand serve meals and sundry items of food adhering to food distributiontimescales and in line with the Trusts Food Safety, HACCP and Health &Safety policies & procedures.

d.Washall items, including all tableware used, following each meal service

e.Ensurethe unit catering department is maintained to high standards of cleanliness atall times in line with the Trusts Food Safety, HACCP and Health & Safetypolicies & procedures.

f.Communicatewith multidisciplinary teams (nursing staff, catering and dietitians) to ensureservice users receive special diets in accordance with nutritional requirements,allergy status and care plans.

g.Collateand input data required for the ordering of special diets onto the cateringdepartment food sheets.

h.Liaiseand communicate any menu changes and answer any queries relating to menuchanges with service users and nursing staff.

i.Maintainaccurate records in relation to food storage and regeneration of food inaccordance with Trust policy.

j.Preparefor meal times ensuring menus are displayed in accordance with set standards.

Contribute to the safety, efficiency andgeneral tidiness of the whole unit environment

a. Maintain adequate supplies of stock andad hoc items on the wards by monitoring stock levels, ordering items asrequired, rotating stock and safely storing items.

b. Ensure bedrooms are preparedappropriately for admissions to the ward

c. Support service users to keep their ownproperty safe and support individuals to use the laundry equipment as required.

d. Reportany defective or damaged items, infestations or breakages and arrange for the removalof items as required in accordance with Trust Waste Disposal &Decontamination policies and procedures.