Ward Housekeeper | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,465 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 December 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7460548/214-UEC-7460548 |
Summary
Are you passionate about creating a safe, welcoming, and comfortable environment for patients and staff? We’re looking for a dedicated and proactive Ward Housekeeper to become an integral part of our dynamic clinical team.
In this vital role, you’ll take ownership of maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene across the ward, ensuring every patient feels cared for and every colleague has a safe space to work. You’ll work closely with the Ward/Department Sister and coordinate essential facilities services, helping us deliver exceptional care in line with national and local standards.
What We Offer:
• A supportive team environment where your contribution truly matters
• Opportunities to make a real difference to patient experience every day
• Training and development to help you grow in your role
What We’re Looking For:
• A proactive approach and keen eye for detail
• Commitment to maintaining a clean, safe, and comfortable setting
• Strong teamwork and communication skills
If you take pride in creating a positive environment and want to be part of a team that values excellence, apply today and help us make King’s Mill Hospital the best place for care.
Key Responsibilities include:
• Coordinate all facilities services in the ward/department area, ensuring a high standard of cleanliness and safety
• Support the delivery of key national and local standards, such as Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment audits, mattress audits, Food and Hygiene standards, and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
• Assist the Matron and Ward Leader in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards on the ward
• Identify and rectify problems promptly, reporting issues to the Ward Leader and Housekeeping Services Department as necessary.
• Perform spot cleaning, including swift and efficient handling of spillages and regular checks of sanitary areas
• Maintain the ward’s appearance by removing clutter, tidying notice boards, attending to storage requirements, and ensuring signage meets PEAT environmental standards
• Ensure the upkeep and appearance of patient bed areas.
• Keep the linen trolley adequately stocked and order replacements as needed
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9thApril, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Dec 2025
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