Part-time Housekeeper / Cleaner - Fulbrook Centre

Oxford

Part Time

£25,272 per annum | pro rata

Expires: 29/10/2026

Band 2

Permanent

About the Role

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Housekeeper / Cleaner to join our team at the City Community Ward in the Fulbrook Centre based at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.

You'll be responsible for cleaning and maintaining the patient rooms, public areas, back of house areas such as linen room and laundry areas, according to Trust policy and procedures at a level that meets or exceeds National Cleanliness standards.

This role adds to the patients experience by providing a high-quality cleaning and catering service. The aim will be to ensure a clean safe environment and catering provision for clients, of which in-house training will be provided. To succeed in this role you'll need to be a team player who can be flexible and reliable, with good interpersonal and communication skills.

This is a part-time role (25 hours per week) that involves shift working including lates, earlies, weekends, and bank holidays over a rolling rota, whereby weekend and banks holidays are paid at an enhanced rate.

If you have a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality cleaning service, this could be the role for you and we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Carry out daily cleaning routines as scheduled
Carry out cleaning tasks as per rota
Handle and remove waste in line with segregation processes and procedures
Regenerate cook/chill meals recording the temperatures of food at stages defined as appropriate within the relevant wards
Ensure kitchen equipment, regeneration equipment and all surfaces are clean at all times
Ensure food is ready to be served at the correct times for service and all waste food is discarded immediately after service
Ensure the dining room is cleaned after each meal
Wash-up and account for all cutlery and crockery and kitchen utensils after meals and breaks

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role.

Working for our organisation

Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding. 

Give yourself the best chance of success by reviewing our Applicant Guide before applying. Your supporting statement should clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Oxford Health delivers physical, mental health and social care services across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our vision is "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team", and our values are Caring, Safe and Excellent.

We are proud to offer a supportive working environment with opportunities for career progression, learning and development, generous annual leave, pension benefits, wellbeing initiatives and staff networks

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.