Housekeeping Assistant

nuffieldhealth; Taunton; On-site; GBP 34,440,000 - 37,195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Job summary

Nuffield Health is seeking a Housekeeper/Domestic Assistant at Taunton Hospital to maintain a clean, safe environment for patients. The role involves cleaning, waste removal, linen handling and deep cleaning across hospital areas. The position is permanent and full-time, with part-time consideration.

We offer a supportive training programme and employee benefits. Salary is £12.84 per hour for 37.5 hours per week, with part-time options possible.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar housekeeping role is desirable.
• Ability to follow cleaning protocols and maintain a safe environment.
• Good communication and a friendly approach with patients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Care about our patients and plan your work with Heads of Housekeeping to ensure cleaning supports the patient experience.
• Be friendly and communicate well with colleagues, patients and staff.
• Be motivated, flexible and well organised to follow cleaning processes.
• Ensure cleaning is thorough and areas are clean, safe and pleasant for patients.
• Collaborate with Infection prevention by reporting incidents as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Time management

Teamwork

Flexible

Job description

Housekeeper/ Domestic Assistant Hospitals

Taunton Hospital | Cleaning | Permanent | Full time | £12.84 per hour 37.5 hours per week - Part time can also be considered

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.

It starts with you.