University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 2 Housekeeping Assistant

The closing date is 07 November 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to join our Hardworking, Dynamic Housekeeping team at Solihull Hospital. The housekeeping team are an operational service that are integral to patient care and the daily function of the Solihull Hospital site. The team are responsible for cleaning all areas of the site, and ensuring patients are served hot meals, working in conjunction with our wider facilities team that include Portering and Catering.

The person applying must demonstrate our Trust values of Kind, Connected and Bold in their daily lives. The role involves keeping the environment clean in line with the National Cleaning Standards for Healthcare and ensuring our service users receive the best possible care from the housekeeping team.

The post holder must be hardworking, dynamic and work well within our large diverse facilities team, and in return the Trust offers competitive terms and conditions for personal pensions and paid annual leave.

Main duties of the job

Cleaning all wards and departments.

Deep Cleaning Infected bed spaces

Working at high pace in line with demand for site bed capacity.

Serving and preparing food for inpatients, including hot and cold beverage rounds daily.

removing all waste streams in line with Trust waste management procedures.

Using Cleaning Machinery and equipment, including chemicals.

The role is a physical role.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details

Date posted

03 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 to £24,465 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9012914

Job locations

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *Good General Education to Secondary School
  • *Basic Level of literacy & numeracy
  • *Ability to read and write English

Desirable

  • *Food Safety Level 2

Experience

Essential

  • *Able to work as a team member
  • *Dealing with the public and ability to work under pressure

Desirable

  • *Experience working in the cleaning industry
  • *Previous NHS experience working in a similar role
  • *Catering experience

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • *Organisational skills
  • *Enthusiastic
  • *Flexible to the needs of the service
  • *Able to use initiative
  • *Willingness to undertake specific competencies to meet the full requirements of the role
  • *Physically able to undertake all duties and comply with relevant Trust policies
  • *Reliable
  • *Punctual
  • *Strong Communicator
  • *Friendly
  • *Ability to work shifts

Desirable

  • *Good communication and inter-personal skills Electronic communication device skills
  • *Previous experience of health and safety within a healthcare environment
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *Good General Education to Secondary School
  • *Basic Level of literacy & numeracy
  • *Ability to read and write English

Desirable

  • *Food Safety Level 2

Experience

Essential

  • *Able to work as a team member
  • *Dealing with the public and ability to work under pressure

Desirable

  • *Experience working in the cleaning industry
  • *Previous NHS experience working in a similar role
  • *Catering experience

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • *Organisational skills
  • *Enthusiastic
  • *Flexible to the needs of the service
  • *Able to use initiative
  • *Willingness to undertake specific competencies to meet the full requirements of the role
  • *Physically able to undertake all duties and comply with relevant Trust policies
  • *Reliable
  • *Punctual
  • *Strong Communicator
  • *Friendly
  • *Ability to work shifts

Desirable

  • *Good communication and inter-personal skills Electronic communication device skills
  • *Previous experience of health and safety within a healthcare environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Scott Devlin

scott.devlin@uhb.nhs.uk

01214245626

Details

Date posted

03 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 to £24,465 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9012914

Job locations

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL


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