Housekeeper in Ashton

Main area POU Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) Job ref 245-ACS2ORTHO-08-26

Employer Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Planned Orthopaedic Unit Hartshead South Town Ashton-Under-Lyne Salary £25,272 Pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/09/2026 23:59

Band 2

Job overview

Housekeeper - Band 2 - 37.5hours - Permanent

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic individual to join the team on the Planned Orthopaedic Unit (POU) as a housekeeper.

This role will include ensuring the patients journey is a safe and caring experience.

Under the direction of the Sister/Charge Nurse you will help us to ensure that we provide a clean, safe and comfortable environment for our patients and supporting the day to day running of the housekeeping role

You will need to possess good communication and interpersonal skills. A polite and courteous manner towards patients and relatives will be essential for this role, together with your ability to work under pressure as part of a team, as well as organising your own workload.

Previous experience within a NHS clinical care setting is desirable but not essential

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as an integral part of the team, responsible for the coordination of all house keeping duties and work as part of the multi-professional team, to ensure a clean, safe and comfortable environment.

The main elements of the role include catering responsibilities, cleaning, ordering of stores, minor maintenance of equipment and re-stocking of areas together with other specified tasks as directed by the nurse in charge.

The role may also include day to day administrative support for the effective running of the ward area, and some tasks supporting patient care and dignity (e.g. support with feeding)

The role holder will be expected to work on their own initiative and plan their workload, although there will be senior colleagues around for advice.

The role covers a 5 day service

Working for our organisation

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Safety
• Care
• Respect
• Communication
• Learning

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Good General Education (GCSEs or equivalent)
• NVQ or equivalent in customer service and or food hygiene, or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge

Experience

• Working in a customer service/caring or hospitality environment
• Working in hospital environment

Skills & Knowledge:

• Understanding of Food hygiene requirements
• Basic computer skills (data input, Word/Outlook)
• Although has supervision from senior colleagues, should be able to organize own workload
• Good understanding of confidentiality

New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute. These terms and conditions are not applicable for Non-Executive positions.

Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.

At Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, we welcome applications from all candidates.

At the Trust we always adhere to the UK Visas and Immigration rules pertaining to right to work; candidates who do not hold UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) citizenship are required to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to be eligible to apply for either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa which allows them to work in the UK, unless they have eligibility to work in the UK via another route.

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