Housekeeping Assistant

NHS; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare team as a Housekeeping Assistant, responsible for maintaining cleanliness at Harefield Hospital. This role requires previous housekeeping experience and strong customer service skills, providing crucial support to ensure a welcoming environment for patients and staff. Opportunities for full-time and part-time work are available, along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Interest-free Season Ticket Loan

Subsidised on-site nurseries

Comprehensive health and well-being programme

Qualifications

• Proven housekeeping experience in a large, complex facilities department.
• Experience in healthcare or hotel industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient housekeeping service in designated areas.
• Conduct annual deep cleaning and maintain high tidiness standards.
• Interact with patients and staff, adhering to trust values.

Skills

Customer service

Housekeeping techniques

Time management

Education

Proficiency in English

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Housekeeping Assistant

The closing date is 06 July 2025

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust strives to maintain a clean and welcoming environment across all its sites.

We are looking for dedicated and dynamic Housekeeping Assistants to join our Harefield hospital team.

You will have previous housekeeping experience in a facilities environment and be confident at:

• Delivering exceptional customer service
• Having a commitment to carrying out tasks with a great attention to detail
• Demonstrating a natural ability to work with colleagues as part of a large and diverse team
• Demonstrating flexibility in your role, e.g., providing housekeeping support to other areas if required at short notice, including clinical areas.

** Please note - This post is based at Harefield Hospital, Hill End Rd, UB9 6JH **

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing an essential and efficient housekeeping service, meeting the needs and objectives of both the department and the wider Trust.

We offer a range of full-time and part-time posts within Harefield Hospital.

About us

Essentia, part of Guy's and St Thomas', is responsible for all non-clinical healthcare services. It designs, builds, and maintains healthcare infrastructure, vital to the smooth running of healthcare services. This includes construction projects, healthcare planning, waste management, catering, housekeeping, transport, and security. Essentia employs around 1,800 people, combining high standards and public sector values with commercial focus, innovative thinking, and modern technology to enhance patient experience.

What We Offer

We offer a dynamic, challenging job in an exciting, fast-moving, flexible working environment, with a strong commitment to your personal and professional development.

Our benefits include:

• The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous in the UK, with automatic membership and excellent pension benefits
• Interest-free Season Ticket Loan and Long Term Service Awards
• Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers
• A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme
• Ride to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Free stop smoking service

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide an efficient and effective housekeeping service in their designated areas, conducting duties such as:

• Annual deep cleaning of all rooms, furniture, fixtures, and floors
• Using heavy-duty cleaning machines
• Vacuuming carpets and upholstery, damp dusting, machine buffing, and spray cleaning of hard surfaces
• Cleaning furniture, surfaces, internal glass, and removing finger marks
• Cleaning bathroom and kitchen fittings, including toilets, sinks, baths, and showers; removing bodily fluids as per procedures
• Maintaining high standards of tidiness
• Replenishing consumables like towels, soap, toilet rolls, and waste sacks
• Emptying and cleaning waste bins following safety and infection control policies
• Assisting with movement of stores and cleaning materials
• Working across all areas of the Trust, including mental health wards and aseptic cleaning as per procedures
• Performing routine and ad-hoc environmental quality audits and reporting concerns
• Maintaining high presentation standards, adhering to SLAs and audits
• Contributing to service improvements and supporting cross-site coverage if needed
• Supporting team members as requested
• Interacting with patients and visitors, following trust values

Please see the full Job Description for detailed duties.

Person Specification

• Proven housekeeping/cleaning experience within a large, complex facilities department
• Experience in healthcare or hotel industry

Skills/Knowledge/Ability

• Good housekeeping techniques and procedures knowledge
• Excellent customer service skills, demonstrating empathy and compassion
• Willingness to learn new skills and attend training
• Good time management, organisation, and prioritisation skills; ability to work independently and in a team

Qualifications

• Proficiency in English, both oral and written
• Good numerical skills
• Experience with IT systems like Outlook and Internet
• Knowledge of manual handling and safety procedures

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a DBS check is required.

Salary: £28,720 per year, inclusive of Outer London HCA allowance (pro-rata if part-time).