• Job Description

  Req#: C9327-25-0703?language=en&page=225&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 18 hours per week.

  Would you like to join our existing small and friendly housekeeping team atCirencester 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.

  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

  About us

  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.

  Details

  Date posted

  21 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £24,465 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  327-25-614

  Job locations

  Cirencester Hospital

  Tetbury Road

  Cirencester

  GL7 1UY

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Ensure the cleanliness of the environment in accordance with the National Specification of Cleanliness 2007 or equivalent and to the agreed work schedules. The post holder will clean all areas of the site using a range of methods e.g. High dusting, damp dusting, vacuuming and mopping, in line with the NHS Cleaning Manual.

  • Be responsible for maintaining and replenishing stocks of consumable items used within the department, i.e.: paper hand towels, soap, in a safe and responsible manner.

  • Adhere to all aspects of Infection Control in all areas of work, including the use of colour coded equipment to ensure there is no spread of infection.

  • Follow local procedures for reporting areas cleaned and highlighting issues which have prevented duties being carried out.

  • Undertake enhanced cleaning duties under the direction of the Facilities Supervisor.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Ensure the cleanliness of the environment in accordance with the National Specification of Cleanliness 2007 or equivalent and to the agreed work schedules. The post holder will clean all areas of the site using a range of methods e.g. High dusting, damp dusting, vacuuming and mopping, in line with the NHS Cleaning Manual.

  • Be responsible for maintaining and replenishing stocks of consumable items used within the department, i.e.: paper hand towels, soap, in a safe and responsible manner.

  • Adhere to all aspects of Infection Control in all areas of work, including the use of colour coded equipment to ensure there is no spread of infection.

  • Follow local procedures for reporting areas cleaned and highlighting issues which have prevented duties being carried out.

  • Undertake enhanced cleaning duties under the direction of the Facilities Supervisor.

  Person Specification

  Skills & Attributes

  Essential

  • Professional and caring attitude

  Experience

  Essential

  • Basic level of education
  • Previous experience of cleaning and catering duties within a similar working environment.

  Desirable

  • NVQ Level 1 in Cleaning or equivalent
  • Level 2 Food Hygiene

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Basic understanding of cleaning and catering procedures.

  Desirable

  • Knowledge and understanding of COSHH, food hygiene and safe manual handling procedures

  Person Specification

  Skills & Attributes

  Essential

  • Professional and caring attitude

  Experience

  Essential

  • Basic level of education
  • Previous experience of cleaning and catering duties within a similar working environment.

  Desirable

  • NVQ Level 1 in Cleaning or equivalent
  • Level 2 Food Hygiene

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Basic understanding of cleaning and catering procedures.

  Desirable

  • Knowledge and understanding of COSHH, food hygiene and safe manual handling procedures

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Cirencester Hospital

  Tetbury Road

  Cirencester

  GL7 1UY

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Cirencester Hospital

  Tetbury Road

  Cirencester

  GL7 1UY

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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