# PICU Housekeeper > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/picu-housekeeper/204b9a1b-a839-443a-9001-ab378458b4b3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/picu-housekeeper/204b9a1b-a839-443a-9001-ab378458b4b3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 pa / pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (FULL 24 HR CONTRACT COVER, NIGHTS AND 12 HOUR SHIFTS) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-20T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-06T11:33:56.409Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/URGENT_CRITICAL_CARE/URGENT_CRITICAL_CARE-v8085098 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8085098?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview To ensure an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness within the PICU department environment, to ensure Infection Control cleaning is maintained. To ensure efficient organisation and provision of food and beverages for patients. To maintain stores and adequate stock levels. To support under direction, the ward activity to enable patient flow and capacity. To work a flexible working pattern to meet service need. ### Main duties of the job To work as part of the department team to ensure that an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness is maintained.  This includes clinical areas, bed spaces, family areas and rest areas. To maintain open pathways of communication with facilities assistants. To liaise with the appropriate staff to ensure that the schedule of cleaning is maintained to meet the standards within the department. To ensure that the patient bed spaces are cleaned daily and kept clean and tidy to ensure a safe environment, working with the nursing staff, child/young person, and family.  This includes cleaning of bed spaces in between patients. To ensure that all empty bed spaces are always ready for use. To ensure that, following discharge, all individual patient items within the bed space will be removed, cleaned, or disposed of as necessary and essential equipment replaced. To collect/deliver specimens to and from other departments as required. To collect blood products from central blood bank and satellite fridges and ensure that blood collection training is kept in date. Assist breast feeding mothers, providing support, advice, and practical help in expressing milk (if appropriately trained). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ## Job Details To ensure an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness within the PICU department environment, to ensure Infection Control cleaning is maintained. To ensure efficient organisation and provision of food and beverages for patients. To maintain stores and adequate stock levels. To support under direction, the ward activity to enable patient flow and capacity. To work a flexible working pattern to meet service need. ## Job Description To work as part of the department team to ensure that an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness is maintained. This includes clinical areas, bed spaces, family areas and rest areas. To maintain open pathways of communication with facilities assistants. To liaise with the appropriate staff to ensure that the schedule of cleaning is maintained to meet the standards within the department. To ensure that the patient bed spaces are cleaned daily and kept clean and tidy to ensure a safe environment, working with the nursing staff, child/young person, and family. This includes cleaning of bed spaces in between patients. To ensure that all empty bed spaces are always ready for use. To ensure that, following discharge, all individual patient items within the bed space will be removed, cleaned, or disposed of as necessary and essential equipment replaced. To collect/deliver specimens to and from other departments as required. To collect blood products from central blood bank and satellite fridges and ensure that blood collection training is kept in date. Assist breast feeding mothers, providing support, advice, and practical help in expressing milk (if appropriately trained). ## Responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Desirable** - Maths & English GCSE C or above or equivalent ### KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Experience working in a hospital environment - Experience working with the public - Knowledge of COSHH Regulations ### PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE **Desirable** - Able to use the Blood Hound with training ## Documents - [jd/ps picu housekeeper (pdf, 816.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10377797) ## 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.