Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Housekeeping Assistant

The closing date is 22 April 2026

Job summary

Join Our Team at Wexham Park Hospital!

Are you a hardworking and enthusiastic individual looking for a rewarding role in healthcare? We are seeking a dedicated Housekeeperto join our friendly team at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough.

In this role, you will play a vital part in ensuring patients have a comfortable and positive experience by:? Maintaining high standards of cleanliness on the ward/department? Serving breakfast to patients with care and efficiency? Creating a welcoming and supportive environment

? What We Offer:? Full training - no previous cleaning experience needed? A friendly and supportive team environment? The chance to make a real difference in patients' lives? NHS benefits and career progression opportunities

If you have great customer service skills and a positive attitude, we'd love to hear from you! Apply today and be part of something meaningful.

Please note that this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the post.

Main duties of the job

Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference in a healthcare environment?Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, is seeking a hardworking and enthusiastic Housekeeping Assistant to join our dedicated team.

About the Role

As a Housekeeping Assistant, you will play a vital role in maintaining a clean, safe, and comfortable environment for our patients and staff.

Purpose of job:

Work as a member of the housekeeping team, contributing to the provision of a comfortable and effective stay for patients, by ensuring that the ward/departments are maintained to a high standard of cleanliness and to help serve meals as required.
Work as a member of the non-ward-based team, ensuring that all non-ward areas(offices, corridors etc.) are cleaned to a high standard of cleanliness, maintaining a pleasant environment for staff, patient and visitors.
To carry out the full range of duties listed below.

If you have great attention to detail, a strong work ethic, and excellent customer service skills, we'd love to hear from you!

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Date posted

16 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£26,618 a year per annum incl HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-LC458

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Steet

Slough, Berkshire

SL2 4HL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Your Role & Responsibilities

As a Housekeeping Assistant, you will play a crucial part in maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene across hospital wards and departments. Your key tasks will include:

Vacuum/mop sweep/damp mop/spot clean/spray buffing of floor surfaces, using machinery as required.

High and low dust (including skirting boards/window ledges/curtain rails/notice boards/picture frames/furniture/doors and door stays).

Vacuum carpeted areas, daily removal of spots or stains, and shampooing of carpets using machinery on housekeeping supervisor instruction.

Collection and tagging of all rubbish, removing bags, clinical waste bins, sharps bins and flattened cardboard containers to designated collection points.

Ensure waste is correctly segregated at the collection point, and placed into locked containers, as required by Trust policy.

Replace bags on stands/containers, with the correct colour code, and ensure that containers are clean.

Damp dust lockers, over-bed tables, chairs, beds, ledges, over-bed lights, pipes, radiators (remove cages as instructed) bed and locker wheels.

Attend to deep clean requests throughout the hospital.

Damp dust/polish desks, furniture, fittings at nurse station and in offices, day room, and any other ancillary rooms attached to the area.

Damp clean all telephones.

Clean baths, showers, and hand basins polish all chromium fittings.

Clean lavatories inside and outside of bowl, clean seat, handle, cistern and surrounding area, including sanitary bin.

Ensure that lavatory brushes and holders are thoroughly clean after use.

Top up paper hand towel containers with appropriate consumables. Check and refill toilet roll containers.

Check and refill hand soap, hand cream and hand gel dispensers.

Ensure that all containers are clean inside and out.

Clean and polish mirrors and glass on doors and partitions.

Damp wipe light switches.

Remove spots and splashes from paintwork on doors and walls.

Assist with curtain changing.

Infected rooms should be cleaned as instructed by ward sister/ housekeeping supervisor and following the procedure laid down in agreement with Infection Control.

All cleaning equipment should be maintained in a clean and hygienic condition, and guidelines for correct storage of equipment and materials must be adhered to. Faulty electrical equipment must be removed from use and reported to the ward charge nurse/ housekeeping supervisor immediately.

Monitors stock control.

A follow up clean of surfaces contaminated by body fluid spillage will be carried out after the initial clean by nursing staff (see Trust policy on dealing with spillage).

Catering duties where applicable.

Prepare and serve continental style breakfast to all patients if applicable.

Prepare and serve drinks to patients as required.

Collect wash and change patient water jugs.

Collect, rinse and load ward dishwasher with dirty crockery and cutlery from patient breakfast service.

Hand outpatient menus and take orders for lunch service ensuring that the menu summary collation sheet for patients including special diets is completed as required.

Patient privacy and confidentiality must always be respected.

This job description is an indication of the type and range of tasks that are expected of the post holder, and other duties may be required, in line with the role and the banding. It will be reviewed and amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder to take account of changing organisational need.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if sufficient applicants have been received.