Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Housekeeper - Lindhurst Ward

The closing date is 05 November 2025

Job summary

Mansfield Community Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a well-organised individual with excellent communication skills to join our team as a Housekeeper. This pivotal role involves coordinating all facilities services within the ward area and working alongside the clinical team to ensure a clean, safe, and comfortable environment for patients, visitors, and staff alike.

As a Housekeeper, you will play a crucial part in delivering excellent care and contributing to the overall patient experience by maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene.

You will be working in a dynamic healthcare setting, where you will collaborate with a variety of professionals to support the daily operations of the ward. The Housekeeper ensures that all non-clinical services are effectively managed, enabling the clinical team to focus on patient care without disruption.You will also be actively involved in maintaining infection control standards, ensuring that all facilities meet the required guidelines for safety and cleanliness.

Apply now to join our team!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details

Date posted

22 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-7454056

Job locations

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Good communication skills with the ability to negotiate
  • Time management skills and the ability to withstand pressure
  • Ability to set up and maintain systems
  • Positive role model for patients and staff

Qualifications Academic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

  • Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths and English Level C or above

Further Training

Essential

  • Basic Health and Safety awareness
  • Customer Care Training/Awareness

Desirable

  • Any training pertaining to the post

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of dealing with and working alongside a wide range of people
  • An ability to demonstrate practical and organisational skills
  • Experience of working within a team

Desirable

  • Previous experience in NHS and/or other care settings

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Flexible (post may require some shift working including the occasional evening/weekend or bank holiday)
  • Punctual
Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Good communication skills with the ability to negotiate
  • Time management skills and the ability to withstand pressure
  • Ability to set up and maintain systems
  • Positive role model for patients and staff

Qualifications Academic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

  • Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths and English Level C or above

Further Training

Essential

  • Basic Health and Safety awareness
  • Customer Care Training/Awareness

Desirable

  • Any training pertaining to the post

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of dealing with and working alongside a wide range of people
  • An ability to demonstrate practical and organisational skills
  • Experience of working within a team

Desirable

  • Previous experience in NHS and/or other care settings

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Flexible (post may require some shift working including the occasional evening/weekend or bank holiday)
  • Punctual

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

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Leader

Nemone Briggs

nemone.briggs@nhs.net

01623785110

Details

Date posted

22 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-7454056

Job locations

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


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