Job summary
- Main area
- Housekeeper
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 25 hours per week (to include weekend work)
- Job ref
- 327-25-317
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cirencester Hospital
- Town
- Cirencester
- Salary
- £24,169 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Housekeeper
NHS AfC: Band 2
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
Would you like to join our existing small and friendly housekeeping team at Cirencester Hospital?
We are looking for someone to cover cleaning and catering across the hospital to ensure a welcoming, clean, and safe environment for our patients, their families and the wider team working on site.
The housekeeping role is an essential part of the day to day running of the hospital and ensures our patients and their families experience a high quality service.
You'll be part of a great team of housekeepers, supported by Supervisors and our Facilities Managers on site.
Cirencester Hospital offers inpatient and outpatient services, a Minor Injuries Unit and x-ray, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. The hospital supports 49 inpatient beds,
Main duties of the job
We pride ourselves on providing a clean environment for our patients and colleagues, this role involves carrying out the daily cleaning schedule as well as additional cleaning duties as required.
You will work alongside patients, colleagues and other visitors to our site; being professional and ensuring that you are working within the Trust Values.
This role also involves delivering patient meals and drinks on our inpatient wards.
A full induction and training as well as ongoing in house supervision will be provided.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The housekeeping role is an essential part of the day to day running of the hospital and ensures our patients and their families experience a high quality service.
If you are willing to learn and will give us your time and commitment, we will give you all the training necessary to be a part of this great team and contribute to the success of our community hospital .
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of cleaning and catering duties within a similar working environment
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic understanding of cleaning and catering procedures
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Diane Foster
- Job title
- Facilities Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977 508261
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