Housekeeper

NHS; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in York is looking for a part-time Housekeeper to maintain a clean and pleasant environment for patients. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills, be friendly, and show flexibility. You will be responsible for various cleaning tasks and work closely with the infection prevention team. The role offers various wellbeing rewards, including free gym membership and health assessments.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role preferred.
• Ability to follow cleaning processes.
• Must be motivated, friendly, and flexible.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean, safe, and pleasant environment for patients.
• Work closely with the Infection prevention team.
• Organise work and plan time efficiently.

Skills

Good communication skills

Customer service skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Overview

York Hospital | Cleaning | Permanent | Part Time | £24,043.50 Per Annum Pro Rota | 20 hours per week

At Nuffield Health the UK’s 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.

Main duties of the job

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 patient’s 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.
• Be motivated, friendly and flexible.
• Ideally 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.

About us

York Hospital/Nuffield Health York Hospital opened in 2004. We provide a comprehensive range of private healthcare services; our areas of specialty include cosmetic surgery, male and female health and spinal care. Our facilities and high standards of care make Nuffield Health York Hospital one of the leading providers of private healthcare in the area. We have also received a "Good" rating from the CQC.

Job responsibilities

Housekeeper responsibilities include maintaining 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 tasks such as room cleaning, waste removal, linen collection and deep cleaning.

• 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 patient’s experience.
• Be friendly, with good communication and customer service skills when interacting with patients and colleagues.
• Be motivated, friendly and flexible.
• Ideally 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.

Benefits: We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. We offer a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. We take care of what’s important to you.

Job description

Person Specification

Qualifications

• N/A

Experience

• Experience in preparing a range of areas, using the latest equipment and products, and supported by a first-class training programme. You will take pride in your work and undertake a variety of general responsibilities from room cleaning to waste removal, linen collection and deep cleaning.

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 (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.