# Head Housekeeper / Cleaner - Marlborough House > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-housekeeper-cleaner-marlborough-house/97c8ff91-3e2f-4e33-a673-fcdb95e53742 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-housekeeper-cleaner-marlborough-house/97c8ff91-3e2f-4e33-a673-fcdb95e53742.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Oxford - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum | pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rolling 4 week contract - shifts 0800 to 1600 & 1000 to 1800) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-19T08:33:25.871Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Milton_Keynes/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Estates_Facilities/Estates_Facilities-v8072058 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8072058?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We're recruiting for a Head Housekeeper/ Cleaner to join our team at Marlborough House in Milton Keynes to oversee management and performance of the directly employed soft FM cleaning and porter staff. Marlborough House is a male only medium secure 28 bedded unit situated on the Milton Keynes General Hospital site in Milton Keynes. You'll be working in conjunction with nursing staff in order to maintain a clean and safe environment. The service is responsible for maintaining patient rooms, public areas, back of house areas such as linen room and laundry areas, according to the organisations  policies and procedures at a level that meets or exceeds National Cleanliness standards. Shift pattern: Rolling 4 week contract with 2 patterns of 08:00 to 16:00 and 10:00 to 18:00 If you have good experience in housekeeping and want to make a difference to NHS services, we would love to hear from you! ### Main duties of the job - Manage porters and cleaners and ensure that all service standards are met and maintained - Carry out a localised induction with all new staff members - Conduct annual appraisals and monthly supervisions for managed staff - Responsible for authorising annual leave and recording and managing sickness levels - Ensure all staff mandatory and task specific training is completed in liaison with Facilities co-ordinator - Support line manager with rotas and cleaning schedules - Responsible for managing stock levels for cleaning consumables, linen and food stock levels and highlighting shortages to line manager to order Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role ## Job Details We're recruiting for a Head Housekeeper/ Cleaner to join our team at Marlborough House in Milton Keynes to oversee management and performance of the directly employed soft FM cleaning and porter staff. Marlborough House is a male only medium secure 28 bedded unit situated on the Milton Keynes General Hospital site in Milton Keynes. You'll be working in conjunction with nursing staff in order to maintain a clean and safe environment. The service is responsible for maintaining patient rooms, public areas, back of house areas such as linen room and laundry areas, according to the organisations policies and procedures at a level that meets or exceeds National Cleanliness standards. Shift pattern: Rolling 4 week contract with 2 patterns of 08:00 to 16:00 and 10:00 to 18:00 If you have good experience in housekeeping and want to make a difference to NHS services, we would love to hear from you! ## Job Description Manage porters and cleaners and ensure that all service standards are met and maintained Carry out a localised induction with all new staff members Conduct annual appraisals and monthly supervisions for managed staff Responsible for authorising annual leave and recording and managing sickness levels Ensure all staff mandatory and task specific training is completed in liaison with Facilities co-ordinator Support line manager with rotas and cleaning schedules Responsible for managing stock levels for cleaning consumables, linen and food stock levels and highlighting shortages to line manager to order Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties ## Responsibilities Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of a mental health setting ### Experience **Essential** - Housekeeper experience **Desirable** - Food hygiene knowledge ## Documents - [head housekeeper (pdf, 568.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10363399) - [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228) ## 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.