Housekeeping Services Assistant

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days leave

NHS pension

Flexible working

Career progression

Job summary

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a part-time housekeeping operative to maintain high cleaning standards across our Trust sites. You will work Monday to Friday, 16:30 to 19:30, supporting clinical teams and infection control to ensure a safe, clean environment for patients and staff.

The role offers training, supportive teams, and NHS benefits including a pension and flexible working opportunities. Prior cleaning experience in healthcare is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Non-specified, but relevant qualification and/or practical experience relevant to the role.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleaning standards to a star-rated audit process.
• Deliver a fully comprehensive cleaning service across hospital areas.
• Work with clinical teams and infection control to ensure cleanliness.
• Relate information that may impact other clinical/non-clinical services.

Skills

Cleaning experience

English communication

Education

Relevant qualification or practical experience

Job description

Employer Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Kings Court 1 Town Worcester Salary £25,272 p.a. pro rata (£12.92 per hour) Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 2

Job overview

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

MONDAY-FRIDAY - 16:30-19:30

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 alongsideour clinical and other non-clinical colleagues to make a positive contribution to our patients and staff experience through the provision of a Housekeeping service.

These are some of the benefits you will be entitled to should you work for us;

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

Seasonal incentive schemes

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

Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.

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. You will also be required to relay information that may impact on other clinical/non-clinical services. The role will provide you with variety as no two days are the same.

In return, you will receive full support, training, and guidance to enable you to undertake a range of cleaning duties to include, general cleaning tasks (bathrooms, kitchens, wards, clinics, theatres, office areas, etc.) as well as specialised cleaning processes to include machines, with some specific tasks being tailored to the needs of a particular service and around patient care.

Working for our organisation

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

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 Trusts understanding of where you gained interest in working for the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Qualifications

• Non-specified, but relevant qualification and/or practical experience relevant to the role.

Experience

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

Skills & Abilities

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the advert early. Therefore, you are advised to submit your completed application as soon as possible.