Job summary
- Main area
- Support Services
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 6 hours per week (15.30 to 18.30 Saturday and Sunday)
- Job ref
- 342-EFM031-0525
- Employer
- Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Callington Road Hospital
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £24,169 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 2 Hotel Services Assistant (Housekeeper) - Bristol
Band 2
Job overview
Early Evening Hotel Services Assistant (Housekeeper)
Working between 15.30 and 18.30 Saturdays and Sundays - 6 hours per week
Previous Applicants need not apply
The successful post holder will provide a catering and cleaning service for our Service Users, Staff and Visitors across our Wards and Departments .
You will be working as part of an established Team who provide a full Hotel Services function across the Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Catering - The handling, reheating, and service of cook-freeze meals. Making light snacks including salads, sandwiches and beverages. Washing up and associated cleaning within the ward kitchen and dining room.
Cleaning - Cleaning all areas of the Hospital, including bedrooms with en-suite facilities, bathrooms, day rooms, lounges, corridors, offices and other areas of the Ward.
Other duties - Handling and disposal of waste, curtain changing and laundering.
Working for our organisation
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Housekeepers support the Nursing Staff to provide an appropriate environment for patient care. Duties will include general cleaning of all Ward/Departmental areas and the preparation and presentation and service of patients' meals and beverages. Housekeepers will be expected to demonstrate a flexible attitude to their work to meet the needs of the ward and the patients. Housekeepers are expected to work in a controlled and systematic way in an environment where there may be constant distractions and contact with service users displaying disturbed and challenging behaviour on a frequent basis.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Previous Housekeeping Experience
- Previous Catering Experience
- Food Hygiene Awareness
- COSHH Awareness
- Flexible approach/Teamwork
Desirable criteria
- Literate
- Numerate
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Dillerstone
- Job title
- Hotel Services Assistant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0117 919 5729
- Additional information
Jo Williamson - Hotel Services Operations Manager - 0117 919 5729
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