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Join Our Team at Wexham Park Hospital!
Are you a hardworking and enthusiastic individual looking for a rewarding role in healthcare? We are seeking a dedicated
Job Overview
Join Our Team at Wexham Park Hospital!
Are you a hardworking and enthusiastic individual looking for a rewarding role in healthcare? We are seeking a dedicated Housekeeping assistant to join our friendly team at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough.
In this role, you will play a vital part in ensuring patients have a comfortable and positive experience by:
Maintaining high standards of cleanliness on the ward/department
Serving breakfast to patients with care and efficiency
Creating a welcoming and supportive environment
What We Offer
Full training – no previous cleaning experience needed
A friendly and supportive team environment
The chance to make a real difference in patients' lives
NHS benefits and career progression opportunities
If you have great customer service skills and a positive attitude, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today and be part of something meaningful.
Main duties of the job
Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference in a healthcare environment? Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, is seeking a hardworking and enthusiastic Housekeeping Assistant to join our dedicated team.
About The Role
As a Housekeeping Assistant, you will play a vital role in maintaining a clean, safe, and comfortable environment for our patients and staff. Your responsibilities will include:
Cleaning & Floor Care – Vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, damp mopping, and spray buffing of floors, using specialist equipment where required.
Carpet Maintenance – Daily spot cleaning, stain removal, and shampooing carpets under the guidance of the Housekeeping Supervisor.
Waste Management – Collecting, tagging, and disposing of waste correctly, ensuring proper segregation and placement in locked containers as per NHS Trust policy.
General Cleaning Duties – Damp dusting and sanitising patient lockers, over-bed tables, chairs, beds, ledges, radiators, pipes, and bed wheels.
Use of Cleaning Equipment – Operating cleaning machinery and technology to ensure high standards of cleanliness are maintained.
If you have great attention to detail, a strong work ethic, and excellent customer service skills, we’d love to hear from you!
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Your Role & Responsibilities
General Cleaning Duties
As a Housekeeping Assistant, you will play a crucial part in maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene across hospital wards and departments. Your key tasks will include:
Damp dusting and polishing desks, furniture, and fittings in nurses’ stations, offices, day rooms, and ancillary areas.
Cleaning baths, showers, hand basins, and polishing chrome fittings.
Maintaining cleanliness of lavatories, including seats, handles, cisterns, and surrounding areas.
Cleaning and polishing mirrors and glass surfaces.
Ensuring lavatory brushes and holders are thoroughly cleaned after use.
Waste & Consumables Management
Collection and safe disposal of waste, ensuring correct segregation according to NHS Trust policy.
Replacing waste bags and keeping containers clean.
Restocking hand towels, toilet rolls, hand soap, hand cream, and hand gel dispensers, ensuring they are clean and well-maintained.
Patient Support
Assisting with the serving of breakfast as required, ensuring patients receive a positive mealtime experience.
Equipment & Technology
Using cleaning equipment and technology efficiently and safely, following training and guidance.
What We Offer
Full training provided – no previous experience required
A friendly and supportive team in a hospital environment
Opportunities for career progression within the NHS
NHS benefits, including a pension scheme and staff discounts
A chance to make a real impact on patient wellbeing every day
If you have a strong work ethic, attention to detail, and great customer service skills, we’d love to hear from you!
Apply today and become a valued part of our team at Wexham Park Hospital!
For more details, please see the full Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Basic education
* Good Numeracy and literacy
Desirable criteria
* NVQ level 1 in cleaning and support services building interior
Experience
Desirable criteria
* Previous experience in a similar role desirable but not essential
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Basic cleaning skills
* Able to work as a member of a team
* Able to communicate verbally and understand instructions
Desirable criteria
* Understanding of reasons for cleaning
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
* Flexible approach to work
* Respect for patient privacy and confidentiality
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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