Housekeeping Assistant - UHD Residences

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organisation in Bournemouth seeks a housekeeping assistant to maintain high cleanliness standards across hospital residences. Responsibilities include bed making and assisting with laundry. Ideal candidates will have organizational skills and experience in domestic service. The role offers generous benefits and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Generous NHS pension scheme

NHS discounts at thousands of retailers

Working with a friendly, inclusive team

Qualifications

• Experience in domestic service or housekeeping preferred.
• Ability to follow cleaning schedules and instructions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness across site residential properties.
• Assist in laundering bed linen and other items as required.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

We\'re looking for a housekeeping assistant to join #TeamUHD to help maintain our residences at Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital.

You\'ll be organised, providing a high standard of domestic service across site residential properties. You\'ll carry out duties set out in our accommodation cleaning schedules or as requested by the site management team. Tasks will include bed making and assisting in the laundering of bed linen and other items as and when required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out duties set out in our accommodation cleaning schedules or as requested by the site management team.
• Bed making and assisting in the laundering of bed linen and other items as required.

About the Organisation and Move Plans

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview. This post is part of the Operational Estates service that UHD may transfer to an NHS \"wholly owned subsidiary\"; the proposed date of transfer is October 2025. The NHS wholly owned subsidiary will continue to offer NHS AFC T&Cs to current employees who transfer in October as well as to new employees recruited after that date.

Benefits

• Generous NHS pension scheme
• NHS discounts at thousands of retailers
• Working with a friendly, inclusive team