# Ward Environment Support Staff/Housekeeper > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-environment-support-staffhousekeeper/2b78848e-3843-42bc-8cd6-9d3d90c0fd93 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-environment-support-staffhousekeeper/2b78848e-3843-42bc-8cd6-9d3d90c0fd93.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southampton General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Housekeeper - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 Per annum - Pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T10:49:28.176Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8339087 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8339087?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Job Title: Ward Environment Support Staff / Housekeeper Contract Type: Permanent Under current Home Office rules, this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications ### Main duties of the job This is an exciting opportunity to join our team team as a Housekeeper/Ward Environment Support Staff (WESS) in our Maternity Services. Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate enthusiasm, dedication and a commitment to working in collaboration with the wider team delivering care to women, birthing individuals, and their babies in partnership with the clinical ward staff. Maternity Services are proud to serve the local community across the region with the team working flexibility across boundaries. As a Trust, we recognise the importance of a positive workforce culture, as well as individual job satisfaction and a healthy work life balance for staff. The Trust Values enable us to invest in people valuing each and every employee for their unique skills and individual qualities making for improved team working. We would be delighted to welcome new joiners and strive to ensure they feel well supported in their new role. A testimony statement from one of our current support workers: This is a very rewarding job. Your care and attention is always appreciated and remembered as part of the overall care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities In this role, your key responsibilities will include maintaining a safe and welcoming environment throughout the Maternity Service and helping to create a positive patient experience. Your main duties will include: - Cleaning and making up birth rooms - Cleaning and making up beds spaces on the wards - Restocking birth rooms, clinical areas and emergency trolleys - Transferring patients between wards with our Porters - Accompanying patients to inpatient appointments - Ensuring patients receive their hot meals as ordered, filling water jugs, making hot drinks etc - Some clerical and administrative tasks to support the ward administration team - Sign-posting patients, families and visitors on the ward - Ordering stores and reporting broken equipment - Making appointments or assisting in the planning and delivery of clinics This is not a complete list of duties and the job description is attached to this advert and should be studied carefully. We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated and flexible individuals who have a passion for supporting staff and families by providing a positive inpatient experience whilst using the Maternity Services. The successful candidates will need to display a passion for wanting to make the experience for women, birthing individuals and their families a positive and memorable occasion and want to be proud to work as part of the wider Maternity team. You will be an excellent communicator who demonstrates respect and sensitivity towards all service users. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Trust Values **Essential** - Patients First - Always Improving - Working Together ### Qualifications, knowledge and experience **Essential** - Clear verbal communication - Standing for long periods bending and stretching - Ability to move and handle patients and equipment - Good health record - Evidence of numeracy, literacy and IT skills- minimum of national level 2/ GCSE A-C grade or equivalent - Understanding of ward priorities - Good verbal and written skills - Reliable/Good time management - Ability to adjust to pressures of the job - Good interpersonal skills - Patience, dependability and motivation - Flexibility - Able to work whole range of shifts - Computer literate **Desirable** - Proficient in information technology skills ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 184.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10663021) - [personal specification (doc, 58.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10663022) ## 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.