Housekeeper (Evening)

FHFT Education Academy; Frimley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training provided

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Housekeeper to join the hospital’s housekeeping team at Frimley Park Hospital. The role focuses on maintaining clean, safe and welcoming wards, with full training provided and no prior experience required.

The position involves varied shifts, 15 hours per week, and daily duties include vacuuming, dusting, carpet care, waste handling and basic catering support where needed.

Qualifications

• Good level of basic education with literacy and numeracy.
• NVQ level 1 in a relevant area is desirable.
• Infection prevention and control knowledge is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Vacuum/mop sweep and deep-clean areas of the hospital.
• Dust and polish high and low surfaces, furniture and fittings.
• Clean bathrooms, wash basins and toilet areas to standard.
• Handle waste and ensure correct disposal and containment.

Skills

COSHH

Infection control

BICs

Color coding

Education

NVQ level 1

Job description

Main area Housekeeper Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: Evening shifts (various shifts) Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Various shifts available) Job ref 151-LC494-B

Site Frimley Park Hospital Town Frimley, Surrey Salary £26,618 per annum incl HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Housekeeper to join our dedicated team at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. If you take pride in creating a clean, safe, and welcoming environment, we’d love to hear from you!

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a friendly and supportive team
• Play a crucial role in patient care and hospital hygiene
• Full training provided – no experience necessary
• Work in a rewarding and meaningful role

What We’re Looking For:

• Hard-working and motivated team players
• A commitment to maintaining high cleanliness standards
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Knowledge of COSHH, BICs, colour coding & infection control (desirable but not essential – full training provided!)

This is a challenging but highly rewarding role, perfect for individuals who take pride in their work and want to contribute to patient well-being.

Join Frimley Health and make a real difference every day!

Please note that this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the post.

Main duties of the job

The housekeeping team at Frimley Park hospital are part of the the hotel services department and the Estates and Facilities directorate . The team is responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness in all the hospital areas. The housekeepers are valued support members helping to ensure that the wards are pleasant for the all patients and staff. Some food service may be required.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Vacuum/mop sweep/damp mop/spot clean/spray buffing of floor surfaces, using machinery as required.
• High and low dust (including skirting boards/window ledges/curtain rails/notice boards/picture frames/furniture/doors and door stays)
• Vacuum carpeted areas, daily removal of spots or stains, and shampooing of carpets using machinery on housekeeping supervisor instruction.
• Collection and tagging of all rubbish, removing bags, clinical waste bins, sharps bins and flattened cardboard containers to designated collection points.
• Ensure waste is correctly segregated at the collection point, and placed into locked containers, as required by Trust policy.
• Replace bags on stands/containers, with the correct colour code, and ensure that containers are clean.
• Damp dust lockers, over-bed tables, chairs, beds, ledges, over-bed lights, pipes, radiators (remove cages as instructed) bed and locker wheels.
• Attend to deep clean requests throughout the hospital
• Damp dust/polish desks, furniture, fittings at nurse station and in offices, day room, and any other ancillary rooms attached to the area.
• Damp clean all office equipment i.e telephones.
• Clean baths, showers, and hand basins, polish all chromium fittings.
• Clean lavatories inside and outside of bowl, clean seat, handle, cistern and surrounding area, including sanitary bin.
• Ensure that lavatory brushes and holders are thoroughly clean after use.
• Replenish paper hand towel containers, toilet roll containers, hand soap, hand cream and hand gel dispensers with appropriate consumables.
• Ensure that all containers are clean inside and out.
• Clean and polish mirrors and glass on doors and partitions.
• Wipe down (sanitise) light switches, electrical sockets and electrical trucking
• Clean/Remove spots and splashes from paintwork on doors and walls.
• Assist with curtain changing.
• Infected rooms should be cleaned as instructed by ward sister/ housekeeping supervisor and following the procedure laid down in agreement with Infection Control.
• All cleaning equipment should be maintained in a clean and hygienic condition, and guidelines for correct storage of equipment and materials must be adhered to. Faulty electrical equipment must be removed from use, and reported to the ward charge nurse/ housekeeping supervisor immediately.
• Monitors stock control.
• A ‘follow up’ clean of surfaces contaminated by body fluid spillage will be carried out after the initial clean by nursing staff (see Trust policy on dealing with spillage).
• Assist with catering duties where applicable, prepare and serve continental style breakfast to all patients if applicable.
• Prepare and serve drinks to patients as required. Collect wash and change patient water jugs. (In absents of ward host) Collect, rinse and load ward dishwasher with dirty crockery and cutlery from patient breakfast service.
• Hand outpatient menus and take orders for lunch service ensuring that the menu summary collation sheet for patients including special diets is completed as required. (In absents of ward host)
• Patient privacy and confidentiality must be respected at all times.
• Undertake any reasonable request issued by Supervisor/Manager.
• Food serving on ward level may be required.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Good level of basic education – able to demonstrate literacy, numeracy, and comprehension skills
• NVQ level 1
• Basic food Hygiene

Experience

• Customer Service Experience
• NHS experience
• Infection prevention and control

Skills

• Able to use own initiative to cope in a variety of situations
• Good time management skills able to plan and prioritise time and workload
• Able to deal confidently and professionally with members of the public and staff

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Th rough our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.