# Housekeeper > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Fife. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/housekeeper/2f8fb78b-2159-4c2f-8238-a1115578186e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/housekeeper/2f8fb78b-2159-4c2f-8238-a1115578186e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Fife - **Town:** Kirkcaldy - **Region:** East of Scotland - **Country:** Scotland - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £26,696 - £28,988 - **Contract type:** Fixed-term or Secondment - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-09T16:28:43.421Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=251694 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=251694 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhsfife.org ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 241295 - Salary: Band 2 (£26,696 - £28,988) - Job closing date: 19/06/2026 - Job Type: Support Services - Location: Victoria Hospital - Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment - Hours Per Week: 36 - Job posted date: 09/06/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife - Department: Intensive Care Unit We are offering an exciting fixed term / secondment opportunity for a Band 2 Housekeeper to support the Intensive Care Unit as part of a test of change. This role is vital in maintaining a safe, organised and efficient clinical environment, ensuring stock levels, preparing admission and clinical packs, supporting relatives, and carrying out essential clerical and environmental duties to assist the nursing team. The post helps relieve workload pressures on HCSWs and registered nurses by taking forward key non clinical tasks, improving workflow and supporting high quality patient care in our busy ICU setting. We are seeking a friendly, organised and proactive individual with good communication skills who can work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity –Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub - Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post. Any informal enquires please contact Senior Charge Nurse Christina Fleming at Christina.Fleming@nhs.scot or call 01592 643355 ext 20880 ### AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own. - Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically. - Use AI wisely: It’s fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don’t let it write your answers. - Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool. A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. We are offering an exciting fixed term / secondment opportunity for a Band 2 Housekeeper to support the Intensive Care Unit as part of a test of change. This role is vital in maintaining a safe, organised and efficient clinical environment, ensuring stock levels, preparing admission and clinical packs, supporting relatives, and carrying out essential clerical and environmental duties to assist the nursing team. The post helps relieve workload pressures on HCSWs and registered nurses by taking forward key non clinical tasks, improving workflow and supporting high quality patient care in our busy ICU setting. We are seeking a friendly, organised and proactive individual with good communication skills who can work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity –Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub - Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post. Any informal enquires please contact Senior Charge Nurse Christina Fleming at Christina.Fleming@nhs.scot or call 01592 643355 ext 20880 ### AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own. - Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically. - Use AI wisely: It’s fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don’t let it write your answers. - Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool. A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. ## Job Details We are offering an exciting fixed term / secondment opportunity for a Band 2 Housekeeper to support the Intensive Care Unit as part of a test of change. This role is vital in maintaining a safe, organised and efficient clinical environment, ensuring stock levels, preparing admission and clinical packs, supporting relatives, and carrying out essential clerical and environmental duties to assist the nursing team. The post helps relieve workload pressures on HCSWs and registered nurses by taking forward key non clinical tasks, improving workflow and supporting high quality patient care in our busy ICU setting. We are seeking a friendly, organised and proactive individual with good communication skills who can work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity –Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub - Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post. Any informal enquires please contact Senior Charge Nurse Christina Fleming at Christina.Fleming@nhs.scot or call 01592 643355 ext 20880 AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool. A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. ## Documents - [241295 - Person Spec (DOC, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1160586&JobId=251694) - [241295 - Job Description (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1160585&JobId=251694) - [NHS Fife - Terms & Conditions January 2024 (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1160582&JobId=251694) ## 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.