Ward Housekeeper

Freeman Hospital

Carthage (MO)

On-site

USD 24,000 - 27,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is advertising for a Ward Housekeeper (Band 2) across Ward 27 and Ward 24. The role supports high cleanliness standards and patient care in a fast-paced hospital ward environment.

The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team committed to high-quality care and patient experience. The post involves daily ward housekeeping, stock management, equipment decontamination, and assisting nursing staff with dietary stock and admissions.

Qualifications

NVQ Level 2 in appropriate subject (or equivalent).
Good literacy and numeracy skills are essential.
Good organisational skills and basic IT skills required.

Responsibilities

Maintain cleanliness throughout the ward on a daily basis.
Stock supplies and use computer ordering system to restock ward.
Decontaminate all equipment used within the ward.
Perform general housekeeping duties.
Assist nursing staff with nutritional stock ordering.
Meet and greet patients on admission.

Skills

Literacy and numeracy

Organisational skills

IT skills

eRecord system usage

Education

NVQ Level 2 or equivalent

Job description

37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
Urgent treatment centres

Ward Housekeeper

Band 2

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, we’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 to join the teams on either Ward 27 and Ward 24 as Ward Housekeepers.

Ward 27 is a cardiothoracic day unit with a mixture of 28 beds/chairs. As a day unit, this is a fast paced and busy environment. We are a very friendly, approachable team, who aim to provide the highest quality care for our patients. The housekeeper role is pivotal in ensuring we continue to meet high cleanliness standards and high quality patient care/experience.

Ward 24 is a 29 bedded Cardiology/CCU which caters for patients requiring cardiology intervention, we are a very friendly approachable team who aim to provide the highest quality care for our patients. The housekeeper role is pivotal in ensuring high quality patient experience whilst keeping the ward clean and safe for patients, their families and visitors.

Interview Date Wednesday 04 November 2026
37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
Ward 27 Monday to Friday (over 5 days) 07:30 - 15:30

Main duties of the job

Maintain and take ownership for cleanliness throughout the ward on a daily basis
Stocking up and ordering of supplies used within the ward using a computer ordering system.
Decontaminating of all equipment used within the ward.
General Housekeeping duties.
Nutritional support to assist the nursing staff - daily ordering of kitchen stock.
Meet and greet our patients in a friendly manner on admission.

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:

Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Cramlington Manor Walks
Urgent treatment centres
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

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

Essential criteria

Basic knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control
Understanding of confidentiality

Desirable criteria

Understanding of basic safeguarding

Skills

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

Basic IT skills

Experience

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

Experience of previously working in a health care setting

Qualifications

Essential criteria

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.

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download