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Job requirements
Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Good communication skills.
- Skills
Ability to communicate sensitively with people who have mental health concerns.
- Skills
An understanding of the principles of delivering quality customer service.
- Knowledge
Some knowledge of working with cleaning chemicals
- Qualifications
Basic cleaning skills.
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
To demonstrate an interest in learning /further training.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a part-time (25 hours) Housekeeper / Cleaners to join our friendly, enthusiastic and dedicated team at Witney Community Hospital.
This role enhances the patient experience by providing a high-quality cleaning and catering service. You'll be ensuring a clean, safe environment is maintained and provide catering provisions for clients, for which in-house training will be provided.
The role involves shift working including late, early, alternative weekends, and bank holidays over a rolling rota, whereby weekend and banks holidays are paid at an enhanced rate.
If you're a team player with a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality cleaning service, this could be the role for you, and we want to hear from you!
Come meet the team: https://youtu.be/rJm_RjZdsRs
Main duties of the job
- Cleaning and maintaining the patient rooms, public areas, back of house areas such as linen room and laundry areas, according to Trust policy and procedures at a level that meets or exceeds National Cleanliness standards.
- 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.
Shifts consist of early and late shifts between the hours of 7am and 7pm.
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.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Part time Housekeeper / Cleaner - Witney Community Hospital with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £25,272 per annum | pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 25 Oct 2026.
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