Housekeeping Services Assistant, Pershore

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Housekeeping Services Assistant

Closing date: 02 June 2026

8 hours per week – Saturday and Sunday 08:00‑12:00

Forget the rest - and join the best - Working together forOutstanding Care.

We have supportiveand passionate teams, and you will receive full training to ensure you cansucceed in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a busy and variedenvironment, working alongside our clinical and other non-clinicalcolleagues to make a positive contribution to our patients and staff experiencethrough the provision of a Housekeeping service.

• Competitive paywith weekend enhancements
• Generous annualleave up to 32 days per annum dependent upon contracted hours and length ofservice
• Flexible hours tosuit other employment and carer responsibilities
• Careerprogression or future job opportunities working direct for the NHS
• Extensivetraining and support available
• NHS pension andlife assurance provision
• Uniform provided
• Health andwellbeing packages available
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you workunsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitalsand community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental healthand learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people ofall ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexibleworking options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We valuediversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,and ethnicities.

Main duties of the job

We prideourselves on maintaining cleaning standards to a star-rated audit process.

Join ourteams, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients acrossHerefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to developand progress a long-term career to include flexibility, continual professionaldevelopment as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.

Workingalongside clinical teams and infection control, housekeeping teams ensure the cleanlinessof the Trusts estate in accordance with national standards and the Trusts strategiccleaning plan.

You will beresponsible for delivering a fully comprehensive and professional cleaning service,to meet NHS standard of cleanliness and other housekeeping duties in accordancewith schedules and procedures and will work within local community hospitals /other inpatient settings/health centres/clinics and administration areas. You will also be required to relayinformation that may impact on other clinical / non-clinical services. The rolewill provide you with variety as no two days are the same.

Inreturn, you will receive full support, training, and guidance to enable you toundertake a range of cleaning duties to include, general cleaning tasks(bathrooms, kitchens, wards, clinics, theatres, office areas, etc.) as well asspecialised cleaning processes to include machines, with some specific tasks beingtailored to the needs of a particular service and around patient care.

Additional Criteria

• I understand the Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to work for this role, and employment on a time limited visa doesnt guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.

Qualifications

• Non-specified, but relevant qualification and / or practical experience relevant to the role.
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Experience

• Previous experience of cleaning in an employed capacity
• Previous experience of cleaning in a clinical environment

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats

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.

£25,272 a year pro rata (£12.92 per hour)