Overview
Hours: 20 hours per week, worked over 4 days on a 7 day rota
Salary: £12,698.67 – £12,887.47 per annum for 20 hours a week, (£12.21 - £12.39 per hour) depending on experience, plus 30% weekend enhancement
Closing date: 15 September 2025
Are you a motivated individual and do your housekeeping skills match our high standards? We have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly Housekeeping Team.
Responsibilities
* All our Housekeeping Assistants play a fundamental role in the delivery of outstanding care by ensuring the Hospice is safe and clean, and making our environment feel comfortable for our patients and their loved ones.
* You will be responsible for cleaning patient rooms and supporting with our in-house laundry service.
* You will also conduct routine cleaning of public areas and office space, in addition to regular planned deep cleaning, and dealing with emergencies, such as spills.
Qualifications
* You ideally have experience in housekeeping, cleaning, hospitality or healthcare role, specifically in an inpatient or community setting, but more importantly you will have the ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently.
* You will have effective communication skills, a flexible approach, a keen eye for detail and have a positive, enthusiastic approach.
* You must be motivated, dependable and will enjoy meeting and working with people in a caring environment.
Role Details
This role is offered on a part time basis, working 20 hours per week, worked over 4 days from Monday to Sunday. Working hours will be either 7.30am-1pm or 1pm-6.30pm, with a 30 minute unpaid break. In addition to your salary, you will benefit from a generous enhanced pay rate for working your share of some weekends and bank holidays.
Location
We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL.
Application
If this role sounds like it could be for you, please apply now.
Please upload either your CV or the St Catherine’s Hospice application form where it asks you to upload your application form, there is no need to complete both.
If you don’t have a CV and would like to complete our application for, this can be found here.
If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please give us a call on 01293 447353.
Privacy & DBS
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. By applying you are confirming you have read the Enhanced Check Privacy Policy for applicants https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-privacy-policies and understand how DBS will process my personal data and the options available to me for submitting an application.
Benefits
* 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service to 30 days + public holidays
* Option to buy or sell up to 1 week of annual leave
* Day off for volunteering
* Day off for moving house
* Blue Light Card
* Cycle to work scheme
* Generous Pension – Up to 9% employer contributions or NHS pension
* Enhanced maternity/adoption pay
* Life Assurance – 4x basic salary
* Pay enhancement of unsocial hours
* Flu Jabs
* Counselling Offering
* Discounted Gym
* Wellbeing Supervision (aka clinical supervision)
* Career pathway and progression
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