Job summary
- Main area
- Catering Housekeeper
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mixed shifts available 5 days Over 7 Mixed Working Pattern Early's and Late 07:00 15.00 and 12.30 to 20.30)
- Job ref
- 394-CORP-8079443SG
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hillingdon Hospital
- Town
- Hillingdon
- Salary
- £30,142 Per Annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/08/2026
Employer heading
Catering Housekeeper - Hillingdon
NHS AfC: Band 2
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date.
“We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).”
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Job overview
Catering Assistant
37.5 hours per week
Monday - Sunday 5 over 7
Flexible hours mix of early and late shifts
Job Overview:
Our Facilities department provide a range of support services across the Hospital including catering cleaning and housekeeping. These services help play a vital role in ensuring all areas of our hospital achieve excellent standards of cleanliness, catering and hygiene. We are now recruiting housekeepers to join our friendly and professional team.
For this role you will need some previous experience of working in either a catering or housekeeping role as well as excellent communication (verbal and written) and customer service skills. Basic food hygiene and COSHH knowledge is desirable but not essential. It is also important that you are able to work on your own initiative.
Please note that this vacancy may close early due to the amount of applications we receive.
Main duties of the job
Our Housekeepers work on our hospital wards with responsibility for monitoring and maintaining our high standards of cleanliness and catering including:
- assisting patients with appropriate meal selections
- to serve patient meals, hot and cold beverages and snacks at scheduled intervals throughout the day and to respond to ad-hoc requirements.
- monitoring and maintaining ward kitchen cleanliness and ensuring its clean and tidy at all times
To be responsible, where able, for ensuring that the patient’s individual needs are met and to work as an integral part of the ward team.
Working for our organisation
At Hillingdon Hospital, our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country and to put compassionate care, safety and quality at the heart of everything we do. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff who are our most valuable asset.
You are advised to read the attached job description and person specification before you submit you’re on line application.
We offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities (5% discount for staff) and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities.
Please note that applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Person Spec
Essential criteria
- Education and Qualifications
- Experience and Knowledge
- Skills and Ability
Desirable criteria
- Basic Food hygiene or equivalent
- Experience working in a housekeeping environment for 12 Months or more
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Louise Anderson
- Job title
- Catering Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895 279407
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