Housekeeping Services Assistant

NHS; Tenbury Wells; On-site; GBP 13,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare trust is seeking a Housekeeping Services Assistant at Tenbury Community Hospital. This part-time role involves providing a professional cleaning service in line with NHS standards, excellent communication skills, and relevant experience are required. Benefits include competitive pay, flexible hours, and extensive training. The role is pivotal in supporting patient and staff experiences through high cleanliness standards in various settings.

Benefits

Competitive pay with weekend enhancements

Generous annual leave up to 32 days

Flexible hours

Career progression opportunities

Extensive training and support

NHS pension and life assurance

Uniform provided

Health and wellbeing packages

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Deliver a comprehensive and professional cleaning service to meet NHS standards.
• Work alongside clinical teams to maintain cleanliness according to strategic cleaning plans.

Skills

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English

Education

Relevant qualification and/or practical experience

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 16 October 2025. Forget the rest - and join the best - Working together for Outstanding Care.

We currently have a permanent part-time housekeeping vacancy at Tenbury Community Hospital working 16 hours over 4 days per week (Wednesdays and Thursdays 13.00-17.00 and Saturdays and Sundays 8.00-13.00).

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

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a busy and varied environment, working alongside our clinical and other non-clinical colleagues to make a positive contribution to our patients and staff experience through the provision of a Housekeeping service.

Benefits include:

• Competitive pay with weekend enhancements
• 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 direct for the NHS
• Extensive training and support available
• NHS pension and life assurance provision
• Uniform provided
• Health and wellbeing packages available

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 be responsible for delivering a fully comprehensive and professional cleaning service, to meet NHS standard of cleanliness and other housekeeping duties in accordance with schedules and procedures and will work within local community hospitals/other inpatient settings/health centres/clinics and administration areas.

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 provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification and/or practical experience relevant to the role
• Foundation Food Hygiene or Basic Health and Safety
• NVQ level 1 in Cleaning

Additional Criteria

• 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

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