Job overview

Housekeeper

Division: Estates and Facilities

Care Group: Soft FM

Band: 2

Salary: £23,615 per annum/pro rata

The Housekeeper role at Medway NHS Foundation Trust requires delivering high-quality cleaning services while adhering to the NHS National Cleaning Standards to maintain hygiene, infection prevention, and a safe hospital environment.

The following shifts will be available: 

x3 Full-time Posts (14:00 to 22:00 – 5 days over 7)

x5 15 hour Part-time Posts (Weekends: 06:00 - 14:00 and 14:00 to 22:00)

x2 15 hour Part-time Posts (Monday to Friday 16:00 - 19:00)

x3 10 hour Part-time Posts (Weekends: 17:00 - 22:00)

x1 15 hour Part-time Post (Monday to Friday: 17:00 - 20:00)

Please note that shifts will be awarded by preference determined by your success at interview. 

Main duties of the job

Adherence to NHS National Cleaning Standards: Housekeepers are expected to follow set protocols to maintain cleanliness in patient areas, public spaces, and clinical settings.

Routine Cleaning Tasks: Activities include dusting, mopping, sanitizing surfaces, and ensuring the use of appropriate cleaning agents as per infection control protocols.

Infection Prevention Practices: Staff must follow infection control guidelines such as hand hygiene, proper use of PPE, and adherence to isolation cleaning protocols.

Waste Management: This includes the correct disposal of clinical and non-clinical waste, ensuring compliance with infection prevention measures.

Maintaining Cleaning Records: Housekeepers are responsible for updating cleaning schedules and logs, providing accountability and evidence of cleaning tasks completed.

Team Interaction: Collaboration with clinical teams, infection control specialists, and estates and facilities personnel to maintain a safe environment.

Reporting and Communication: Housekeepers are expected to report hygiene or safety concerns to supervisors promptly and participate in service improvement discussions.

Risk Management: Staff must adhere to health and safety protocols, participate in risk assessments, and report incidents via the hospital's reporting systems.

Dual Role as Hostess: Assisting with patient meals, ensuring food safety, and interacting with patients to support their nutritional needs.

Working for our organisation

People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.