Housekeeping Services Assistant

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Hereford is seeking a Housekeeping Services Assistant to ensure high cleaning standards and support clinical teams. You'll manage a small team, maintain service records, and receive extensive training. The role offers 30 hours per week, generous leave, and various healthcare benefits. Experience in cleaning, particularly within clinical environments, is preferred. The highlight of the position includes flexible hours and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous annual leave

Flexible working hours

Extensive training and support

NHS pension and life assurance

Uniform provided

Health and wellbeing packages

Qualifications

• Experience in a clinical cleaning environment is preferred.
• Understanding of cleaning standards and infection control procedures.
• Must be able to lead a team and ensure service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleaning standards to a star-rated audit process.
• Lead a small team in delivering NHS housekeeping services.
• Manage staff records and ensure rosters meet service needs.

Skills

Cleaning standards maintenance

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Foundation Food Hygiene or Basic Health and Safety

NVQ level 1 in Cleaning

Job description

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Housekeeping Services Assistant

The closing date is 15 December 2025

Forget the rest - and join the best - Working together for Outstanding Care.

We have a permanent Housekeeping Services Assistant vacancy at the STONEBOW UNIT

30 hours per week Monday to Friday 08:00 – 14:30 with 0.5 hour unpaid break daily

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a busy and varied environment, working alongside clinical teams and infection control. Housekeeping teams ensure the cleanliness of the Trust’s estate in accordance with national standards and the Trust’s strategic cleaning plan.

We have supportive and passionate teams, and you will receive full training to ensure you can succeed in this role.

These are some of the benefits you will be entitled to if you work for us:

• Competitive pay with weekend enhancements (where applicable)
• Generous annual leave up to 32 days per annum dependent upon contracted hours and length of service
• Flexible hours to suit other employment and carer responsibilities
• Career progression or future job opportunities working directly for the NHS
• Extensive training and support available
• NHS pension and life assurance provision
• Uniform provided
• Health and wellbeing packages available

Application for this role will be considered in adherence to the Working Time Regulations and will be discussed with you during the interview.

Please note the Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to work for this role; to apply you must have current right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

We pride ourselves on maintaining cleaning standards to a star-rated audit process.

Join our teams, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career to include flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.

Working alongside clinical teams and infection control, housekeeping teams ensure the cleanliness of the Trust’s estate in accordance with national standards and the Trust’s strategic cleaning plan.

You will lead a small team to deliver professional NHS housekeeping services in accordance with schedules / procedures and contribute to processes to ensure standards are achieved. Maintain staff records, ensuring rosters meet service needs. Be involved in staff induction / training and complete staff development reviews.

Report equipment / environment defects and manage / replenish housekeeping related stock.

In return, you will receive support, training, and guidance to enable you to undertake a range of duties to support your team.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer:

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.

Sharing your data: As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from you (optional), to support the Trust’s understanding of where you gained interest in working for the Trust.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Additional Criteria

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
• You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.

Experience

• Previous experience of cleaning in an employed capacity
• Previous experience of cleaning in a clinical environment

Qualifications

• Non-specified, but relevant qualification and / or practical experience relevant to the role
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
• Foundation Food Hygiene or Basic Health and Safety
• NVQ level 1 in Cleaning

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

£24,465 a year pro rata (£12.51 per hour)