• Job Description

  Req#: C9267-25-0622?language=en&page=29&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are recruiting for a part-time Housekeeper to join our friendly, enthusiastic and dedicated team at Witney Community Hospital.

  This role enhances the patient experience by providing a high-quality cleaning and catering service. You'll be ensuring a clean, safe environment is maintained and provide catering provisions for clients, for which in-house training will be provided.

  The role involves shift working including lates, earlies, weekends, and bank holidays over a rolling rota, whereby weekend and banks holidays are paid at an enhanced rate.

  If you're a team player with a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality cleaning service, this could be the role for you, and we want to hear from you!

  Main duties of the job

  • Cleaning and maintaining the patient rooms, public areas, back of house areas such as linen room and laundry areas, according to Trust policy and procedures at a level that meets or exceeds National Cleanliness standards.
  • Plan own work in-line with the daily cleaning routines and cleaning tasks as per rota.
  • Carry out terminal and enhanced cleans as per local procedures
  • Participate in cleaning audits as necessary
  • Handle and remove waste in line with segregation processes and procedures
  • Unpack and stack all linen and laundry.
  • Regenerate cook/chill meals recording the temperatures of food at stages defined as appropriate within the relevant wards.

  Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties

  About us

  Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

  As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

  Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

  At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Lease car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Mental Health First Aiders
  • Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

  Details

  Date posted

  09 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £24,169 a year per annum | pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  267-CS6743017-3C

  Job locations

  Witney Community Hospital

  Welch Way

  Witney

  OX28 6JJ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

  The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

  The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

  Person Specification

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Some knowledge of working with cleaning chemicals

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Basic cleaning skills.

  Desirable

  • To demonstrate an interest in learning /further training.

  Skills

  Essential

  • Good communication skills.
  • Ability to communicate sensitively with people who have mental health concerns.
  • An understanding of the principles of delivering quality customer service.

  Person Specification

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Some knowledge of working with cleaning chemicals

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Basic cleaning skills.

  Desirable

  • To demonstrate an interest in learning /further training.

  Skills

  Essential

  • Good communication skills.
  • Ability to communicate sensitively with people who have mental health concerns.
  • An understanding of the principles of delivering quality customer service.

  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

  Oxford Health NHS Trust

  Address

  Witney Community Hospital

  Welch Way

  Witney

  OX28 6JJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oxford Health NHS Trust

  Address

  Witney Community Hospital

  Welch Way

  Witney

  OX28 6JJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (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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