Part-time Housekeeper - Abingdon Community Hospital

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 12 month fixed term role (18.75 hours per week). You'll be working on a 3 days per week shift pattern  over a 2 week rolling rota whereby you would be expected to work a variety of 7am-1:15pm and 12:45-7pm 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.