# Clinical Housekeeper > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-housekeeper/0e8bdb75-8094-4615-a2c4-7de602fe44ca - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-housekeeper/0e8bdb75-8094-4615-a2c4-7de602fe44ca.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Womens Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum/pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-25T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-11T14:31:06.378Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Support_Staff/Support_Staff-v8137582 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8137582?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview To work as a fully integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team in providing a safe and appropriate environment for patients and families. To maintain an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness within the department environment, to ensure Infection Control cleaning is maintained, in partnership with the Facilities Team. Terminal Cleaning of Medical equipment and Incubators and cots. To ensure efficient organisation and provision of food and beverages for patients, if working in an area where patients eat and drink. Maintaining and documenting Refrigerator temperatures for medicine and specimen samples To maintain stores and adequate stock levels of consumables, by completing the orders in a timely manner. To support under direction, the ward activity to enable patient flow and capacity. ### Main duties of the job To work as part of the department team to ensure that an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness is maintained. This includes clinical areas, all medical equipment and additional equipment appropriate to the clinical place of work and as included in the ward cleaning schedules and room cleaning job plan. To ensure that the patient bed spaces/rooms/theatre are cleaned daily and kept clean and tidy to ensure a safe environment, working with the nursing/midwifery staff, child/young person and family. This includes cleaning of bed spaces and rooms in between patients. To ensure that all empty bed spaces are set up and ready for use at all times. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Level 2 or GSCE C grade or above in Maths and English Language or Assessment of equivalent level through achieving required pass mark of numeracy and literacy test **Desirable** - Level 2 qualification in health related subject ### Approach/Values **Essential** - Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust - Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role - Team working - Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required ### ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS **Essential** - To be able to work to plan and adjust workload according to service demand - Able to organise workload and work well with the team - Excellent attendance record and evidence of being trustworthy and reliable - Able to manage preset stock levels - Able to manage personal emails - Able to use the Blood Hound with training - This role requires physical fitness, lifting, bending, walking, reaching, standing. - Tidy and smart appearance - Evidence of being reliable and punctual ### KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Experience working with the public - Communication/Relationship skills: Good command of the English language. To be empathetic to staff and families. Evidence of being highly motivated and enthusiastic **Desirable** - Experience working in a health care environment ## Documents - [band 2 (pdf, 472.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10435814) - [band 2 (pdf, 768.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10435813) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.