Housekeeper | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated Housekeeper to join our inpatient ward team at West Berkshire Community Hospital. You will help maintain a clean, safe and welcoming ward environment, supporting infection prevention, patient meals and stock management while collaborating with nursing, therapy, domestic, catering and estates teams.
The successful candidate will be reliable, organised and flexible, with strong people skills.
Qualifications
- Good communication and customer service skills.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and organise your own workload.
- Basic IT skills and willingness to use digital systems.
- A caring, sensitive and compassionate attitude towards patients and visitors.
Responsibilities
- Work as part of the multidisciplinary team to maintain a safe, clean and comfortable ward environment for patients, visitors and staff.
- Support infection prevention and control standards by monitoring cleanliness and liaising with domestic teams regarding cleaning requirements.
- Coordinate and support patient meal services.
- Maintain ward stocks, including stores, food and linen, ensuring supplies are available to meet patient needs.
- Ensure patient areas, equipment and ward environments are clean, tidy and well maintained, reporting maintenance or environmental concerns appropriately.
- Assist with collecting patient feedback and supporting a positive patient experience on the ward.
- Work flexibly to support the changing needs of the ward and service.
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Job description
Company: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship under current UK immigration rules. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.
Are you someone who takes pride in creating a clean, safe and welcoming environment? Do you enjoy helping others and want to play an important role in patient care without providing direct clinical care?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Housekeeper to join our multi-disciplinary inpatient team.
As an integral member of the ward team, you will help maintain a clean, comfortable and well-equipped environment for our patients, supporting high standards of infection prevention and control, nutrition and hydration, stock management and patient experience. Working alongside nursing, therapy, domestic, catering and estates teams, you'll be at the heart of ensuring the ward runs smoothly and efficiently every day.
We are looking for someone who is reliable, organised, flexible and enjoys working with people. Previous housekeeping or care experience would be beneficial but is not essential, as full training and support will be provided. This is a full time (37.5hrs) permanent role, which will include weekday and weekend working.
The unit is based in West Berkshire Community Hospital.
- Work as part of the multidisciplinary team to maintain a safe, clean and comfortable ward environment for patients, visitors and staff.
- Support infection prevention and control standards by monitoring cleanliness and liaising with domestic teams regarding routine, deep and enhanced cleaning requirements.
- Coordinate and support patient meal services.
- Maintain ward stocks, including stores, food and linen, ensuring supplies are available to meet patient needs.
- Ensure patient areas, equipment and ward environments are clean, tidy and well maintained, reporting maintenance or environmental concerns appropriately.
- Assist with collecting patient feedback and supporting a positive patient experience on the ward.
- Work flexibly to support the changing needs of the ward and service.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
- Good communication and customer service skills.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and organise your own workload.
- Basic IT skills and willingness to use digital systems.
- A caring, sensitive and compassionate attitude towards patients and visitors.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.
In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to contact Ruth Davey on 01635 273498 or ruth.davey@berkshire.nhs.uk, who will be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Wednesday 21 Oct 2026
Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Hours: Full-time
Location: Thatcham, RG18 3AS
Job type: Permanent
Closing date: 13 Nov 2026
Posting date: 14 Oct 2026
Company: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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