Housekeeping Assistant

Do you have a can-do attitude and take pride in your work?

University Hospitals Dorset are looking for Housekeeping Assistants to join TeamUHD.

We are looking for a highly motivated and organised persons, who will become part of a team of Housekeeping Assistants who facilitate the flow of patients throughout the hospital.

You'll be organised and able to communicate effectively - ensuring wards and departments are cleaned and maintained to a high standard.

Duties include:

• To work as part of a team or alone, providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non-Clinical Wards/Departments and Theatres.
• Delivering prioritised cleans, ensuring patient flow throughout the hospitals.

Permanent roles available:

Base Location: Bournemouth Hospital

Interview Date: 4th-6th November

Main duties of the job

To work as part of a team or alone, providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non-Clinical Wards/Departments and Theatres.

You will be following the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025 to deliver the high standards we would all expect when using a hospital. Fully supported by a team of supervisors to guide you through training and full understanding of your important role within our team.

About us

Our values define who we are as TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Details

Date posted

09 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,272 a year

pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Part-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

153-CO06924

Job locations

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Castle Lane East

Bournemouth

BH7 7DW

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Literacy and numeracy to a minimum level 1 - reading and writing

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of cleaning as a paid profession

Desirable

• Previous experience of cleaning in a clinical environment

Technical skills

Desirable

• Knowledge of Industrial cleaning equipment

Other requirements spec

Essential

• Physically fit to carry out a range of high and low tasks.
• Ability to work under pressure, and to be flexible to the needs of the service.

Language requirement

Essential

• Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Literacy and numeracy to a minimum level 1 - reading and writing

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of cleaning as a paid profession

Desirable

• Previous experience of cleaning in a clinical environment

Technical skills

Desirable

• Knowledge of Industrial cleaning equipment

Other requirements spec

Essential

• Physically fit to carry out a range of high and low tasks.
• Ability to work under pressure, and to be flexible to the needs of the service.

Language requirement

Essential

• Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

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.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Castle Lane East

Bournemouth

BH7 7DW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Castle Lane East

Bournemouth

BH7 7DW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Qualifications

Essential

• Literacy and numeracy to a minimum level 1 - reading and writing

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of cleaning as a paid profession

Desirable

• Previous experience of cleaning in a clinical environment

Technical skills

Desirable

• Knowledge of Industrial cleaning equipment

Other requirements spec

Essential

• Physically fit to carry out a range of high and low tasks.
• Ability to work under pressure, and to be flexible to the needs of the service.

Language requirement

Essential

• Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role