Ward Housekeeper | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 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: | 7590503/214-WC-7590503 |
Summary
Join our team and help create a clean, safe, and comfortable environment for patients and staff at Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
We are looking for a proactive and organised individual to co-ordinate all facilities services within the ward/department area. Working as part of the clinical team, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care and maintaining national and local standards.
About the Role
• Work alongside the Ward/Department Sister to monitor and maintain cleaning standards.
• Support audits and compliance with key standards such as:• Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE)
• Mattress audits
• Food and Hygiene standards
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
• Key responsibilities include:• Spot cleaning and ensuring sanitary areas are checked regularly.
• Reporting environmental issues to the Help Desk and ensuring timely resolution.
• Maintaining ward appearance, including clutter removal, signage, and notice boards.
• Liaising with Housekeeping for specialist cleaning (e.g., carpets, curtains).
• Welcoming patients and visitors and supporting their comfort.
• Ensuring safe storage and cleanliness of ward equipment.
Apply today and help us maintain excellence in care and comfort at King’s Mill Hospital.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
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.
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To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 4 Dec 2025
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