Ward Housekeeper

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a part-time Ward Housekeeper on Ward 9, Freeman Hospital. The role covers maintaining a clean and safe ward environment, supporting a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring compliance with infection control standards.

The post is 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 7am–2pm. A supportive team and commitment to patient care are emphasized in this well-regarded NHS Trust.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in an appropriate subject or equivalent qualification/experience.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to use electronic records.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean ward environment with general housekeeping and tidying.
• Perform kitchen/food hygiene tasks, fridge monitoring, laundry and waste disposal.
• Support infection control policies and assist in other duties to maintain cleanliness.
• Keep ward areas free from clutter and maintain daily cleanliness of bed spaces.
• Stock up and order ward supplies using a computer ordering system.
• Decontaminate all equipment used in the ward.
• Provide nutritional support by assisting with daily kitchen stock orders.
• Monitor patients' property and valuables.

Skills

Literacy & numeracy

Organisational skills

IT systems & eRecord

Basic IT skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 or equivalent

Job description

Main area 317 Ward 9 Elderly Care - FH Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 32.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday, 7am to 2pm for the needs of the service) Job ref 317-2026-41-22-DR-A

Site Freeman Hospital Town 317 01 Freeman Hospital Salary £25,272 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 19/11/2026

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

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.

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.

Working for our organisation

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:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

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

Detailed job description and main 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 patient’s condition to the qualified nurse.


• Maintain patient’s 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

• Basic knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control


• Understanding of confidentiality


• Understanding of basic safeguarding

SKILLS

• Good literacy and numeracy skills


• Good organisational skills


• Use electronic resources to input, save and retrieve information, make appropriate use of the eRecord system


• Basic IT skills

EXPERIENCE

• Ability to work effectively under direct supervision, as part of the multi-disciplinary team.


• Experience of previously working in a health care setting

QUALIFICATIONS

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

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.