Part time Housekeeper / Cleaner - Didcot Community Hospital

Didcot

Part Time

£25,272 per annum | pro-rata

Expires: 05/11/2026

Band 2

Permanent

About the Role

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join our team of housekeeping teams at Didcot Community Hospital providing a safe clean environment for patients and staff.

This is a part-time role (25 hours per week). You'll be working over a 2 week rolling rota whereby you would be expected to work a variety of 7am-12pm, 9am-2pm, and 2pm-7pm shifts, being fully flexible working Monday - Sunday and alternative weekend working.

You'll be carrying out general cleaning areas including mopping the floors, cleaning toilets and clinic rooms, as well as cleaning outpatient departments, and providing a food service to the patients.

We are looking for friendly, organised, hard-working candidates who will be reliable team players with strong interpersonal and communication skills.

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

Main duties of the job

Plan own work in-line with the daily cleaning routines and cleaning tasks as per rota
Carry out terminal and enhanced cleans as per local procedures
Participate in cleaning audits as necessary
Handle and remove waste in line with segregation processes and procedures
Unpack and stack all linen and laundry
Provide a food service to the patients.

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

Working for our organisation

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

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

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.