Housekeeping Assistant

Job overview

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust strives to maintain a clean and welcoming environment across all its sites.

We are looking for dedicated and dynamic Housekeeping Assistants to join our Community Team.

You will have previous housekeeping experience in a facilities environment and be confident at:

• Delivering exceptional customer service
• Having a commitment to carrying out tasks with a great attention to detail
• Demonstrating a natural ability to work with colleagues as part of a large and diverse team
• Demonstrating flexibility in your role e.g. providing housekeeping support to other areas if required at short notice, including clinical areas.

We are looking to fill roles at the following sites:

Tooting HC, SW17 8PX

Minnie Kidd House, SW12 9NU

Mawbey Brough HC, SW8 2UD

Mary Sheridan Centre, SE11 4TX

Lambeth Community Care Centre, SE11 4TX

Bowley Close, SE19 1SZ

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing an essential and efficient housekeeping service to designated areas; whilst meeting the needs and objectives of both the department and the wider Trust.

We offer range of full time and part time posts across our South East and South West London sites.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provides an efficient and effective housekeeping service to their designated areas of responsibility. There will be times that you will be required to work at alternative sites across Community due to the needs and demands of the service.

Conducts a wide range of housekeeping duties including:

• Provides an annual deep clean which include cleaning of all rooms, furniture, fixtures and floors of premises.
• To use heavy duty cleaning machines.
• Vacuums carpets and upholstery; carries out dust control, damp mopping, machine buffing and spray cleaning of hard surfaced flooring.
• Damp dusts furniture and all surfaces, including those at high level; cleans internal glass and removes finger marks e.g. on doors and surrounds.
• Cleans bathroom and kitchen fittings, including toilets, basins/sinks, baths/showers; and removes any bodily fluids present from surfaces, as dictated by local procedures.
• Maintains high standards of tidiness within their designated areas of responsibility.
• Replaces all consumables; ensuring they are fully stocked at all times, including hand towels, hand soap, toilet rolls and waste sacks.
• Empties and cleans waste bins, ensuring items are disposed of both safely and correctly in accordance with the waste and infection control policies.
• Assists with the movement of stores and cleaning materials.
• Carries out their duties in all areas of the Trust, including mental health wards, isolation rooms and barrier nursing areas, including aseptic cleaning, as and when dictated by local procedures.
• Ensures specific work is completed to a satisfactory standard by undertaking routine and ad-hoc environmental quality audits within the scheduled area of work. Utilising performance monitoring systems, either electronic or manual to report areas of concern.
• Utilises ‘image of the service’ initiatives, ensuring high presentation and commercial standards are maintained at all times; adhering to SLAs and CQC/PLACE audits.
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of the service, increasing client satisfaction and flexible working practices; prepared to offer support and cover on a cross-site basis if necessary.
• Assists other team members as requested by the Housekeeping Team Leader.
• To interact with patients and visitors and follow the trust values whilst carrying out your duties.

Please see the Job Description for the full duties of the role