Ward Housekeeper

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Ward Housekeeper to join Ward 9 at Freeman Hospital. The role involves maintaining a safe, clean ward environment with general housekeeping duties including kitchen hygiene, fridge monitoring, laundry and waste disposal.

You will support qualified staff in infection control and contribute to high standards of cleanliness daily, ensuring bed spaces are tidy and stock is managed using a computer ordering system.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of infection prevention and control.
• Understanding of confidentiality.
• Understanding of basic safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Be an effective member of the multidisciplinary team assisting the Ward/Department to maintain a safe, clean and comfortable environment for the patients, their families and visitors.
• Report any concerns regarding the patient’s condition to the qualified nurse.
• Maintain patients’ privacy and dignity at all times.
• Report to the Nurse in Charge any issues that may prevent cleaning or compromise the safety of the environment.
• Actively contribute to the provision of nutrition of the patients on the Ward/Department.
• May undertake administrative and clinical duties as required.
• To abide by Trust policies and procedures.

Skills

Infection control

Confidentiality

Safeguarding

Literacy & numeracy

Education

NVQ Level 2

Tools

eRecord system

Computer ordering system

Job description

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Ward Housekeeper

The closing date is 09 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Ward Housekeeper to join Ward 9 Freeman Hospital

Ward 9 is a 28 bedded ward providing Stroke rehabilitation. We are a multi disciplinary team comprising of nursing staff, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dieticians and healthcare assistants.

We value ourselves on providing a supporting environment with our friendly and approachable team.

If you are a kind, caring and enthusiastic individual I welcome you to apply for this post. If you require any further information please get in touch.

• Interview Date Thursday 19 November 2026

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The daily role will include maintaining a safe and clean ward environment with general housekeeping/ tidying throughout the department. Duties may including kitchen/food hygiene, fridge monitoring, laundry & waste disposal.

Support qualified staff in adhering to Infection Control policies & procedures and assist in any other necessary duties to maintain high standards of cleanliness.

Maintain cleanliness throughout the ward on a daily basis - ensuring all bed space areas are free from clutter.

Stocking up and ordering of supplies used within the ward using a computer ordering system.

Decontaminating of all equipment used within the ward.

Nutritional support to assist the nursing staff - daily ordering of kitchen stock.

Monitoring and checking of patients property and valuables.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• Be an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team assisting the Ward / Department to maintain a safe, clean and comfortable environment for the patients, their families and visitors.
• Report any concerns regarding the patients condition to the qualified nurse.
• Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times.
• Report to the Nurse in Charge any issues that may prevent cleaning or compromise the safety of the environment.
• Actively contribute to the provision of nutrition of the patients on the Ward / Department.
• May undertake administrative and clinical duties as required.
• To abide by Trust policies and procedures

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE

• oBasic knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control
• oUnderstanding of confidentiality
• oUnderstanding of basic safeguarding

SKILLS

• oGood literacy and numeracy skills
• oGood organisational skills
• oUse electronic resources to input, save and retrieve information, make appropriate use of the eRecord system
• oBasic IT skills

EXPERIENCE

• oAbility to work effectively under direct supervision, as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
• oExperience of previously working in a health care setting

QUALIFICATIONS

• oNVQ Level 2 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience

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

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust