# Housekeeper / Cleaner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/housekeeper-cleaner/4048155f-fa22-4eef-ba8b-c7be97251097 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/housekeeper-cleaner/4048155f-fa22-4eef-ba8b-c7be97251097.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Littlemore Mental Health Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Cleaner - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum | pro-rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 25 hours per week (Part time) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-11T19:01:01.150Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Abingdon/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Corporate_Services/Corporate_Services-v8432613 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8432613?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An opportunity has arisen to join our team of housekeepers and porters at Abingdon Community Hospital providing a safe clean environment for patients and staff. This is a part-time role (working 25 hours per week). You'll be working on a 2 week rolling rota whereby you would be expected to work a variety of 7am-12pm and 2-7pm shifts, and alternative weekend working. You'll be carrying out general cleaning on the outpatients and ward areas including mopping the floors, cleaning toilets and around the patient bays, as well as serving food to patients at breakfast, lunch and dinner times. We are looking for friendly, organised, hard-working candidates who will be reliable team players with strong interpersonal and communication skills. If you have a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality cleaning and cook chill service, this could be the role for you and we want to hear from you! ### Main duties of the job - 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 - Ensure kitchen equipment, regeneration equipment and all surfaces are clean at all times - Set up dining room, beverage /food trolleys as and when required - Ensure food is ready to be served at the correct times for service and all waste food is discarded immediately after service - Ensure the dining room is cleaned after each meal Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties ### Detailed job description and main 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. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Good Communication Skills - Understanding of the principles of delivering quality service - Flexible **Desirable** - Understanding of Microsoft Word/Excel ### Qualifications **Essential** - O level/GCSE level education **Desirable** - Food Safety trained - NVQ 1 in cleaning - Demonstrate an interest in Learning/Further Training ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Basic cleaning skills - Some knowledge of cleaning chemicals - Experience in cleaning **Desirable** - Previous experience in NHS environment/health care setting - Food Hygiene Level 2 ## Documents - [jd&ps (pdf, 186.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10767526) - [job risks (pdf, 384.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10767527) - [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.