Part-time Housekeeper - City Community Ward - Fulbrook Centre

Oxford Health NHS Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Oxford is seeking a Part-time Housekeeper for the City Community Ward. Responsibilities include cleaning patient rooms and maintaining hygiene standards. Ideal candidates will have basic cleaning skills, be flexible, and can communicate sensitively with patients. This role offers training and adheres to enhanced pay rates for weekends and bank holidays.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount across various retailers

Competitive pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Some knowledge of cleaning chemicals.
• Interest in learning and further training.

Responsibilities

• Carry out daily cleaning routines as scheduled.
• Handle and remove waste according to procedures.
• Ensure the dining room is cleaned after each meal.

Skills

Basic cleaning skills

Ability to communicate sensitively

Understanding of quality customer service

Flexibility

Job description

Part-time Housekeeper - City Community Ward - Fulbrook Centre

We are recruiting for a Housekeeper to join our team at the City Community Ward in the Fulbrook Centre based at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.

You'll be responsible for cleaning and maintaining the patient rooms, public areas, back of house areas such as linen room and laundry areas, according to Trust policy and procedures at a level that meets or exceeds National Cleanliness standards.

This role adds to the patients experience by providing a high-quality cleaning and catering service. The aim will be to ensure a clean safe environment and catering provision for clients, of which in-house training will be provided. To succeed in this role you'll need to be a team player who can be flexible and reliable, with good interpersonal and communication skills.

This is a part-time role (25 hours per week) that involves shift working including lates, earlies, weekends, and bank holidays over a rolling rota, whereby weekend and banks holidays are paid at an enhanced rate.

If you have a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality cleaning service, this could be the role for you and we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

• Carry out daily cleaning routines as scheduled
• Carry out cleaning tasks as per rota
• Handle and remove waste in line with segregation processes and procedures
• Regenerate cook/chill meals recording the temperatures of food at stages defined as appropriate within the relevant wards
• Ensure kitchen equipment, regeneration equipment and all surfaces are clean at all times
• Ensure food is ready to be served at the correct times for service and all waste food is discarded immediately after service
• Ensure the dining room is cleaned after each meal
• Wash-up and account for all cutlery and crockery and kitchen utensils after meals and breaks

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure you're your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Some knowledge of cleaning chemicals.

Qualifications

• Basic cleaning skills.
• To demonstrate an interest in learning /further training.

Aptitude and skills

• Ability to communicate sensitively with people who have mental health concerns.
• An understanding of the principles of delivering quality customer service.
• Flexible.

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.