Assistant Housekeeper

Job Overview

Assistant Housekeeper - Community Diagnostic Centre, Slough

Full-Time Positions Available

Monday to Friday | 09:00 – 17:00

Join our friendly and dedicated team at the Community Diagnostic Centre in Slough, where you’ll play an important role in creating a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for patients and visitors.

We are looking for hardworking, enthusiastic, and reliable individuals to become part of our Facilities Team. This role is essential in helping us provide an excellent experience for every patient by maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness throughout the department.

What We’re Looking For

• Positive attitude and strong work ethic
• Good communication and customer service skills
• Ability to work well as part of a team
• Attention to detail and pride in maintaining high standards
  
  

Experience

Previous cleaning experience is preferred but not essential, as full training will be provided.

Why Join Us?

• Monday to Friday working pattern
• Supportive team environment
• Full training provided
• Meaningful role supporting patient care and wellbeing
  
  

If you are motivated, dependable, and enjoy working in a team-focused environment, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Vacuum/mop sweep/damp mop/spot clean/spray buffing of floor surfaces, using machinery as required.
• Vacuum carpeted areas, daily removal of spots or stains, and shampooing of carpets using machinery on Housekeeping supervisors
• Collection and tagging of all rubbish, removing bags, clinical waste bins, sharps bins and flattened cardboard containers to designated collection points .
• Ensuring that waste is correctly segregated at the collection point, and placed into locked containers, as required by Trust Policy.
• Replace bags on stands/containers, with the correct colour code, and ensure that containers are clean.
• Damp dust lockers, over-bed tables, chairs, beds, ledges, over-bed lights, pipes, radiators (remove cages as instructed) bed and locker wheels.
• Use cleaning equipment and technology as required
  
  

Working for our organisation

Visa Sponsorship:

This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Educated to GCSE or equivalent, to include English and Mathematics.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• NVQ level 1 in cleaning and support services building interior
  
  

Experience

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in a similar role desirable but not essential
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Basic Cleaning Skills
• Able to work as a member of a team
• Able to communicate verbally and understand instructions
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of reasons for cleaning
  
  

Special Requirments

Essential criteria

• Flexible approach to work
• Respect for patient privacy and confidentiality
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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