Housekeeper / Domestic Assistant

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

Job summary

Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital is seeking a Housekeeper/Domestic Assistant to maintain a clean, safe and pleasant environment for patients. This permanent, full-time role covers 37.5 hours per week with a salary of £25,545 per annum.

You will work with the Infection prevention team, follow cleaning procedures and support high standards of patient experience. Prior experience is preferred, and you will join a supportive team with training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Ideally experienced in a similar role.
• Good communication and customer service when interacting with patients and team.
• Willingness to follow cleaning and infection prevention procedures.

Responsibilities

• Care about our patients and help organise your work with guidance from Heads of Housekeeping to ensure cleaning never interferes with patient experience.
• Be friendly and communicate clearly with colleagues and patients.
• Motivated, flexible and well organised to follow cleaning processes and maintain a safe environment.
• Collaborate with Infection prevention team and report incidents to relevant colleagues.

Job description

Housekeeper/ Domestic Assistant Hospitals

Cambridge Hospital | Cleaning | Permanent | Full Time |

£25,545 per annum 37.5 hours per week

At 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 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.

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. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today

It starts with you.