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Head Housekeeper – Vaughan Thomas – Warneford Hospital Oxford

Oxford

Other

Expires: 09/10/2025

Band 3

Permanent

About the Role

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Head Housekeeper to join the Vaughan Thomas Ward at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford to manage the housekeeping team and ensure all service standards are met and maintained.

This role is 37.5 hours per week working various shifts including alternate weekends.

The housekeeping team work closely with nursing staff to ensure a clean and safe environment for our patients, staff and visitors as well as overseeing catering provisions. The role also includes the organisation of staff rotas, order supplies as well as supervise and support your direct staff.

If you\\\’re a strong team player, experienced in housekeeping within healthcare or hospitality, with excellent customer service and rota management skills then we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for ensuring that a clean and safe environment is maintained at all times for both patients and staff, whilst also managing a small team of Housekeeping staff
• Ordering supplies via the Trust E-ordering system, management of your team’s rotas and supervision of staff
• Staff training and induction
• To be responsible for the recording and retention of all documentations required for food and cleaning services. i.e., temperature checks and cleaning task list
• To regenerate frozen meals recording the temperatures of food at stages defined as appropriate within the relevant wards.
• To report any damages or hazards that are present in-patient rooms or ward areas, i.e., burnt out light bulbs, broken furniture, broken fixtures, etc. to ward clerk.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 relevant certificate or relevant experience

Skills

• Knowledge of COSHH regulations
• Previous experience of supervising staff
• Experience of working in a mental health care setting

Attributes

• IT skills – basic knowledge of Microsoft word and excel

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