Housekeeping Assistant

Job summary

Do you have a can-do attitude and take pride in your work?

University Hospitals Dorset are looking for Housekeeping Assistants to join #TeamUHD.

We are looking for a highly motivated and organised persons, who will become part of a team of Housekeeping Assistants who facilitate the flow of patients throughout the hospital.

You'll be organised and able to communicate effectively - ensuring wards and departments are cleaned and maintained to a high standard.

Duties include:

• To work as part of a team or alone, providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non-Clinical Wards/Departments and Theatres.
• Delivering prioritised cleans, ensuring patient flow throughout the hospitals.

Permanent roles available:

Monday - Sunday 06:00 - 14:00 (4 or 5 days out of 7) = 37.5/30 hours per week - 3 roles

Monday - Friday 08:00 - 11:30 = 17.5 hours per week - 1 role

Monday - Friday 16:00 - 21:00 = 25 hours per week - 1 role

Monday - Friday 16:00 - 22:00 = 30 hours per week - 1 role

Monday - Friday 17:00 - 20:00 = 15 hours per week - 1 role

Monday - Friday 17:00 - 23:00 = 30 hours per week - 1 role

Monday - Friday 22:00 - 06:00 (3 or 4 nights out of 7) = 22.5/30 hours per week - 2 roles

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Main duties of the job

To work as part of a team or alone, providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non-Clinical Wards/Departments and Theatres.

You will be following the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025 to deliver the high standards we would all expect when using a hospital. Fully supported by a team of supervisors to guide you through training and full understanding of your important role within our team.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

This post is part of the Facilities Directorate that University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust may transfer to an NHS 'wholly owned subsidiary'; the proposed date of transfer is October 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing, expanding, organisation with a strong commitment to NHS values and putting patients first. The NHS wholly owned subsidiary will continue to offer NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions to current employees who transfer in October as well as to new employees recruited after that date.