# Housekeeper > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/housekeeper/91660208-4efb-4b8f-a4ea-511e61401bb0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/housekeeper/91660208-4efb-4b8f-a4ea-511e61401bb0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Prescot - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T09:13:49.145Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/St_Helens/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Support_Services/Support_Services-v7940050 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7940050?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an individual to join our inpatient mental health service in our Housekeeper role at Taylor Ward, Peasley Cross Hospital, St Helens. As a Housekeeper under the supervision of the Registered Nurse and Nursing team you will support in ensuring a clean and safe environment where the individual needs of our service users are met in a timely and effective manner utilising best practice. Working as part of the team, you will assist in maintaining a clean and therapeutic environment, ensuring supplies and equipment are ordered in a timely manner, monitoring and ensuring equipment is fit for purpose, as well as welcoming and greeting visitors to the ward. You will enjoy working as part of a highly skilled and motivated team within a dynamic and busy environment to deliver excellent care. ### Main duties of the job The main duties of the role involve: Ordering supplies/equipment Monitoring and maintaining equipment Maintaining a clean and safe  Environment General housekeeping and admin duties ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Meeting Nutritional Needs - To promote a pleasant environment for eating, i.e. remove any clutter from tables. - Take responsibility for food stores, ensuring it is clean at al times, i.e. discard out of date food, stock rotation. - To ensure temperature of ward fridge is monitored as per trust policy. - To ensure food in fridge is labelled and stored correctly. - To take responsibility for the staff fridge, i.e. discard out of date food. Maintaining the Environment - To establish a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere to patients, visitors and staff. - To carry out monitoring of service and equipment - To establish delivery related to – cleaning, food, linen and the environment, with particular attention to the bathrooms and toilets (at agreed intervals). - To ensure all requirements for maintenance/repairs to equipment are reported in a timely manner to Estates. - To monitor response times for maintenance and report any issues to the Team Manager. - To maintain the cleanliness of all nursing equipment and trolleys. - To liaise with staff following the discharge of a patient with regards to the cleaning of the bed/bedroom in preparation for a new admission. - Check curtains/blinds are in good working order and rectify any faults. - To ensure that all alcohol gel dispensers are cleaned and replenished. - Monitor that correct waste management is being adhered to, especially confidential waste. - Keep notice boards and tidy and check that all posters/flyers are laminated and in date. - Keep patient information boards and displays up to date and clean and tidy. - Clinical - Work collaboratively within the Care team to ensure that service user’s needs are met - Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations - Report any concern regarding service user care to the Qualified Practitioner - Support an individual’s equality, diversity and rights. General - To ensure personal privacy, dignity and confidentiality is maintained at all times. - To assist with bed making, where appropriate, ensuring an adequate supply of linen is available at all times. - Liaise with domestic supervisor when deep cleaning is needed. - Ensure any items of broken or severely soiled furniture are reported to the Team Manage and collection and disposal arranged. - To receive and welcome visitors. - To respond to telephone calls in a courteous manner. - To receive and pass information to others, maintaining confidentiality. - To ensure cost effective use of resources. - To respond to patient concerns through communication with nursing staff. - To promote effective communication with patients, colleagues, other professionals and visitors to the trust. - Maintain a professional image at all times. ## Job Details We are seeking an individual to join our inpatient mental health service in our Housekeeper role at Taylor Ward, Peasley Cross Hospital, St Helens. As a Housekeeper under the supervision of the Registered Nurse and Nursing team you will support in ensuring a clean and safe environment where the individual needs of our service users are met in a timely and effective manner utilising best practice. Working as part of the team, you will assist in maintaining a clean and therapeutic environment, ensuring supplies and equipment are ordered in a timely manner, monitoring and ensuring equipment is fit for purpose, as well as welcoming and greeting visitors to the ward. You will enjoy working as part of a highly skilled and motivated team within a dynamic and busy environment to deliver excellent care. ## Job Description The main duties of the role involve: Ordering supplies/equipment Monitoring and maintaining equipment Maintaining a clean and safe Environment General housekeeping and admin duties ## Responsibilities Meeting Nutritional Needs To promote a pleasant environment for eating, i.e. remove any clutter from tables. Take responsibility for food stores, ensuring it is clean at al times, i.e. discard out of date food, stock rotation. To ensure temperature of ward fridge is monitored as per trust policy. To ensure food in fridge is labelled and stored correctly. To take responsibility for the staff fridge, i.e. discard out of date food. Maintaining the Environment To establish a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere to patients, visitors and staff. To carry out monitoring of service and equipment To establish delivery related to – cleaning, food, linen and the environment, with particular attention to the bathrooms and toilets (at agreed intervals). To ensure all requirements for maintenance/repairs to equipment are reported in a timely manner to Estates. To monitor response times for maintenance and report any issues to the Team Manager. To maintain the cleanliness of all nursing equipment and trolleys. To liaise with staff following the discharge of a patient with regards to the cleaning of the bed/bedroom in preparation for a new admission. Check curtains/blinds are in good working order and rectify any faults. To ensure that all alcohol gel dispensers are cleaned and replenished. Monitor that correct waste management is being adhered to, especially confidential waste. Keep notice boards and tidy and check that all posters/flyers are laminated and in date. Keep patient information boards and displays up to date and clean and tidy. Clinical Work collaboratively within the Care team to ensure that service user’s needs are met Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations Report any concern regarding service user care to the Qualified Practitioner Support an individual’s equality, diversity and rights. General To ensure personal privacy, dignity and confidentiality is maintained at all times. To assist with bed making, where appropriate, ensuring an adequate supply of linen is available at all times. Liaise with domestic supervisor when deep cleaning is needed. Ensure any items of broken or severely soiled furniture are reported to the Team Manage and collection and disposal arranged. To receive and welcome visitors. To respond to telephone calls in a courteous manner. To receive and pass information to others, maintaining confidentiality. To ensure cost effective use of resources. To respond to patient concerns through communication with nursing staff. To promote effective communication with patients, colleagues, other professionals and visitors to the trust. Maintain a professional image at all times. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding - Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate - Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy - Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting - Basic understanding of mental illness - Awareness of role of stock rotation/monitoring **Desirable** - IT skills, First Aid and CPR Training ### Knowledge **Essential** - Delivering strong customer service principles ### Experience **Essential** - Ability to function effectively as a team member - Experience of working within an environment of service users with mental health needs ### Qualifications **Desirable** - NVQ 2 or equivalent level of experience within care setting ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 442.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10248247) - [oh risk id form (pdf, 377.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10332935) - [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400) ## 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.