Housekeeper | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Blackburn (OK); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a part-time Housekeeper for the Outpatients department. The role involves maintaining the department environment, ensuring patient areas are clean, and supporting clinical staff with daily tasks.

The successful candidate will work five mornings from 7am to 11am, uphold infection control standards, and coordinate with estates services to keep fixtures and the ward area in good repair.

Responsibilities

• Maintain privacy and dignity for all patients at all times.
• Ensure Department environment is clean and well maintained.
• Work with estates services and ward team to keep fixtures and fittings in order.
• Communicate well with patients and families.
• Support Department staff in projects and new developments.
• Ensure department cleanliness in all areas and report concerns to Department Sister.
• Complete ward cleaning checklists and log issues; escalate delays by estates.
• Prepare clinic areas and organise Department kitchen.
• Implement Infection Control principles to keep the department compliant.

Job description

Housekeeper | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

A vacancy has arisen for a highly motivated colleague to join our friendly team in Outpatients at RBTH

We are looking for a Housekeeper to work alongside clinical colleagues maintaining the environment and ensuring best possible patient experience

The post directly involves a wide range of duties including maintaining the department environment, ensuring a high standard of departmental cleanliness, stock control and nutritional related duties.

General Outpatients is a busy department open Monday to Friday facilitating a wide variety of clinics.

The Housekeeper role will be worked over 5 days from 7am -11am

• Maintain privacy and dignity for all patients at all times.
• To play a key role in ensuring the Department environment is well maintained and clean.
• To work with estates services and ward team to ensure all fixtures and fitting are in order.
• To communicate well with patients and families.
• To support Department staff in project work and new developments.
• Ensuring that the Department is of a high standard of cleanliness in all areas, and give assistance when appropriate.
• Ensuring ward cleaning checklists are meaningfully completed and report any concerns to Department Sister.
• Cleaning of equipment and organisation of Department kitchen
• Reporting any faults with fixtures and fittings and maintaining accurate logs of jobs reported. Escalate to Department sister or Lead Sister any delays by estates.
• Implement Infection Control principles, ensuring Department environment is compliant with infection control policy.
• Preparation of clinic areas
• Participate in the auditing of the Department environment including Couch audits and report any concerns.
• Ensure Department linen is adequately stored in accordance with Trust policy
• General tidiness of all Department areas and encouragement to team members.
• Ordering of Department provisions via computer ensuring that all stocks delivered to the ward are appropriately stored.
• To support Department manager to ensure storage areas are organised in accordance with productive ward and lean working principles.

This advert closes on Thursday 26 Nov 2026

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust