Overview
The Housekeeping Department are looking for Cleaning Assistants to join the Team, working onsite at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves cleaning in clinical and non-clinical areas providing and maintaining the highest standard of cleaning to wards and departments, ensuring the highest degree of cleanliness, safety and care. Flexible working options will be considered for this role. Shift patterns include: evening shifts, part time, and early shifts. Start and finish times can be flexible for some shifts; full training and uniform is provided. Base hourly rate is £12.51.
Shift Patterns
Full-time (37.5 hours per week): 6am or 7am – 2pm or 3pm, 37.5 hrs per week, band 2, Monday - Friday (x2 vacancies).
Part-time (10 hours per week): Weekend, Saturday - Sunday, 7.00am - 12.00pm (x1 Vacancy).
The Trusts refer a friend scheme applies to this vacancy.
Responsibilities
Main duties of the job
Our Team provides a safe and clean environment for our patients and visitors by adhering to Trust Policies and Procedures, ensuring the use of safe working practices and that the highest standards are maintained. Maintaining clean and hygienic conditions in all allocated areas including wards, offices, and public areas, to ensure cleaning quality standards are met and complied with. Observing the Trust\s Colour Coding for cleaning equipment and materials. Taking responsibility for the stores, cleaning equipment and associated products, following prescribed Housekeeping, Security and Health and Safety guidelines, ensuring stock is stored securely and safely. Replenishing stock as required. Conducting periodic floor maintenance and deep clean to achieve pre-determined cleaning standards and to set up HPV equipment. Helping to support the Prevention and Control of infection by maintaining a clean and safe environment. Please see attached job description for a full list of roles and responsibilities.
About Us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. We are driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we provide for our patients and staff. We are an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff. We support flexible working and offer NHS discounts, a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking, leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work with easy access to London and local airports.
Details of the role include:
Date posted: 28 November 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 2
Salary: £24,465 a year Per annum pro rata if part-time
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 269-SFT9384
Job locations: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Odstock Road, Salisbury, SP2 8BJ
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Essential
* Good understanding of English
* NVQ 2 or willing and able to attain or equivalent experience in Cleaning
* Experience of working in a job role where you have had to deal with customers in some capacity
* Basic computer keyboard skills
Desirable
* Previous experience which may cover end of tenancy, hospital or domestic household cleaning
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the DBS will be necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Odstock Road, Salisbury, SP2 8BJ
Employers website: https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/
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