Housekeeper - Stroud Hospital

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We have an opportunity to join our Facilities Team at Stroud General Hospital.

If you are eager to learn and keen to deliver the highest standards, you could be the person we are looking for.

Our Facilities Team delivers Porter, Cleaning, Catering and Linen services within our in-patient units, from 7am - 8pm, seven days a week.

Main duties of the job

As a Housekeeper you will help maintain a safe, clean and relaxing environment for our patients to recover in.

If you give us your time and commitment, we will give you all the training necessary to be a part of this great Team.

You will also receive:

27 - 33 days paid holiday
Enhanced pay for unsocial hours
Free car Parking
Staff benefits scheme including staff lottery, Blue Light discount card

For an informal chat or site visit please call the Facilities Manager named on this vacancy.

This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Date posted

08 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-25-273

Job locations

Stroud General Hospital

Trinity Road

Stroud

GL5 2HY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

Basic level of education

Desirable

NVQ Level 1 in Cleaning or equivalent qualification or experience
Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate (training will be given; willing to complete and pass)

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential

Previous experience of cleaning and catering duties within a similar working environment

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

Essential

Basic understanding of cleaning and catering procedures

Desirable

Knowledge and understanding of COSHH (training will be given)
Knowledge and understanding of the importance of Food Hygiene
Understanding of safe Manual Handling procedures

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

Basic level of education

Desirable

NVQ Level 1 in Cleaning or equivalent qualification or experience
Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate (training will be given; willing to complete and pass)

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential

Previous experience of cleaning and catering duties within a similar working environment

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

Essential

Basic understanding of cleaning and catering procedures

Desirable

Knowledge and understanding of COSHH (training will be given)
Knowledge and understanding of the importance of Food Hygiene
Understanding of safe Manual Handling procedures

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.