Housekeeping Assistant - Royal Bournemouth Hospital - Open Day

Job overview

New Year, new career!

We’re looking for new recruits to join Royal Bournemouth Hospital Housekeeping Department.

If you are interested in working in a healthcare setting as part of our housekeeping team you will be working closely with colleagues at #TeamUHD to keep our hospital clean, safe and infection free. If you would like to know more about opportunities to kick-start your career working in a healthcare setting, the come along to our recruitment day

We have opportunities across our Bournemouth Hospital including our brand new BEACH building opening in early 2025.

We will be offering hospital tours, chat to colleagues about the role and what to expect working in the Housekeeping Team.

We will be offering interviews with our team on the day, and you could be walking away with a job offer.

We are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - therefore, we offer shifts across weekdays, weekends, nights, and bank holidays. We can offer contracts from have 16 hours to 37.5 hours per week.

If you would prefer to work ‘as and when’? We have bank positions available.

Submit your application now, or support will be offered to do this on the day. If you are successful at interview we are looking to start applicants as soon as possible, to do this we need you to bring your ID documents and vaccination history. Please see attached documents for more information.

Date: Saturday 9am – 3pm on the 18th January 2025.

Location: Education Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital (see attached map)

Main duties of the job

Some of our staff benefits

• Excellent paid training and induction
• 35 days leave (including 8 bank holidays), rising to 37 days after 5 years and 41 days after 10 years.
• Excellent maternity and sick pay packages
• NHS Pension Scheme
• NHS Discount Schemes including the ‘blue light card’
• Cycle to Work Scheme

We look forward to seeing from you

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To clean rooms – bedded areas, kitchens, offices, wards and departments, to include infected areas (Infection Control driven Terminal Cleans and Barrier Cleans).
• To clean furniture, fixtures and fittings.
• To clean toilets and washrooms and replenish the supplies – soap/toilet rolls/hand towels/hand gels.
• Clean floors – damp mopping/dry mopping/vacuuming and using scrubber driers.
• Clean glass/mirrors.
• To empty bins and remove clinical and household waste including cardboard.
• Spot clean walls, doors, floors and partitions.
• Remove soiled linen – change curtains.
• Maintain good hand hygiene at all times to avoid cross contamination.