We are recruiting for a part-time Housekeeper to join our team at Wallingford Community Hospital providing a safe clean environment for patients and staff.
We are looking for friendly, organised, hard-working candidates who will be reliable, flexible, and good team players with who strong interpersonal and communication skills.
You'll be providing high quality housekeeping and catering service, with the aim of this post is to ensure a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
If you have a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality cleaning and cook chill service, this could be the role for you and we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the Housekeeper
* Plan own work in-line with the daily cleaning routines and cleaning tasks as per rota.
* Carry out terminal and enhanced cleans as per local procedures
* Participate in cleaning audits as necessary
* Handle and remove waste in line with segregation processes and procedures
* Unpack and stack all linen and laundry.
* Regenerate cook/chill meals recording the temperatures of food at stages defined as appropriate within the relevant wards.
* Ensure kitchen equipment, regeneration equipment and all surfaces are clean at all times.
* Please refer to the job description on our site for a comprehensive list of duties. This is a part-time vacancy (25 hours per week), shifts include a variety of 7am-12pm & 2pm-7pm shifts, and working every other weekend. *
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Person specification
Essential criteria
* Good General Education
* Experience in cleaning. Basic Cleaning Skills
* Some knowledge of cleaning chemicals
* Good Communication Skills
* Understanding of the principles of delivering quality service
* Flexible
* O level/GCSE level education
Desirable criteria
* Previous experience in NHS Environments
* Food Safety trained. Food Hygiene Level 2
* Understanding of Microswoft Word/Excel
* NVQ 1 in cleaning
* Demonstrate an interest in Learning/Further Training
* Experience of working in a health care setting