Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Housekeeper

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Job summary

Are you looking to top up your hours or work part time? We have flexible part time shifts available in our Housekeeping team.

The housekeeping role is an essential part of the day to day running of the hospital and ensures our patients and their families experience a high quality service. We believe our staff are our biggest asset. We want to develop a positive, inclusive, and caring culture that engages and inspires all our staff, with a clear focus on improvement. We are looking for highly motivated flexible individuals to join the large welcoming Housekeeping Team.

Interviews for this position will require face-to-face attendance at an Assessment Centre. There will be 3 parts to the day, discussion, test and interview. We are not able to accommodate requests for alternative dates or facilitated virtually.

In your supporting statement please answer the following questions, failure to do so will result in your application form not being shortlisted.'Which of our values do you relate most to and why?'

Main duties of the job

You will assist the Trust to maintain high standards of cleanliness on the wards and departments and be expected to deliver a quality cleaning service throughout the hospital in various areas from Theatres, to ward areas or public areas such as corridors & public toilets working alongside our clinical and other non-clinical colleagues to make a positive contribution to our patients and staff experience. The Housekeeping team deliver housekeeping services 247 within the Trust and you should possess excellent people skills, have a good command of both spoken and written English, and an ability to communicate well with others. You should be an enthusiastic team player with a positive "can-do" attitude. You will be hard working, committed person with a keen eye for detail and a fully flexible approach towards your work.

Benefits include:

NHS pension
Dedicated training
Progression opportunities
Generous annual leave allowance
Enhanced rates of pay for Unsocial hours 20:00-06:00 Monday-Friday and weekends

About us

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey.Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values:

Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable

Date posted

10 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year pro rata /Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

264-7019574-COR

Job locations

Kettering General Hospital

Rothwell Road

Kettering

NN16 8UZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to or working towards NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning and Support Skills
Level 1 in IT

Knowledge

Desirable

Previous experience of cleaning in a Healthcare Environment
Knowledge of health & safety in the workplace
Understanding of infection control
Previous knowledge of COSHH

Skills

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and service users
Good organisational skills
Educated to basic entrance level in English literacy and numeracy
Able to operate and manipulate mechanical cleaning machines
Able to tolerate exposure to unpleasant working conditions and bodily fluids

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to or working towards NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning and Support Skills
Level 1 in IT

Knowledge

Desirable

Previous experience of cleaning in a Healthcare Environment
Knowledge of health & safety in the workplace
Understanding of infection control
Previous knowledge of COSHH

Skills

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and service users
Good organisational skills
Educated to basic entrance level in English literacy and numeracy
Able to operate and manipulate mechanical cleaning machines
Able to tolerate exposure to unpleasant working conditions and bodily fluids

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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