Part-time Housekeeper - Wallingford Community Hospital

NHS; England; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a part-time Housekeeper to ensure a clean and safe environment for patients and staff at Wallingford Community Hospital. Responsibilities include planning cleaning tasks, participating in audits, and maintaining high cleanliness standards. Ideal candidates will have experience in an NHS environment, good communication skills, and a flexible approach. The role offers competitive benefits including career progression and NHS Discounts.

Benefits

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

NHS Discount across shops and retailers

Access to tailored individual learning

Qualifications

• Good general education is required.
• Basic cleaning skills are essential.
• Previous experience in NHS environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and perform cleaning tasks according to the rota.
• Participate in cleaning audits as necessary.
• Ensure high standards of kitchen equipment cleanliness.

Skills

Good Communication Skills

Flexibility

Basic Cleaning Skills

Understanding of Quality Service Principles

Education

O level/GCSE level education

Food Safety trained

NVQ 1 in cleaning

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Part-time Housekeeper - Wallingford Community Hospital

We are recruiting for a part-time Housekeeper to join our team at Wallingford Community Hospital providing a safe clean environment for patients and staff.

We are looking for friendly, organised, hard-working candidates who will be reliable, flexible, and good team players with strong interpersonal and communication skills.

You'll be providing high quality housekeeping and catering service, with the aim of this post is to ensure a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.

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

Main duties

• Plan own work in-line with the daily cleaning routines and cleaning tasks as per rota.
• Carry out terminal and enhanced cleans as per local procedures.
• Participate in cleaning audits as necessary.
• Handle and remove waste in line with segregation processes and procedures.
• Unpack and stack all linen and laundry.
• 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.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties. This is a part-time vacancy (25 hours per week), shifts include a variety of 7am-12pm & 2pm-7pm shifts, and working every other weekend.

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 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

Education/Training

• Good General Education
• Basic Cleaning Skills
• Some knowledge of cleaning chemicals
• Previous experience in NHS Environments

Skills

• Good Communication Skills
• Understanding of the principles of delivering quality service
• Flexible
• Understanding of Microswoft Word/Excel

Qualifications

• O level/GCSE level education
• Food Safety trained
• NVQ 1 in cleaning
• Demonstrate an interest in Learning/Further Training

Experience

• Experience in cleaning
• Experience of working in a health care setting

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.