Ward Housekeeper
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 18/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
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Role summary
This full-time permanent Ward Housekeeper role is based at Greenways, an inpatient Assessment and Treatment Unit for people with learning disabilities. The postholder will ensure a high quality and safe environment for patients by performing cleaning, catering, meal service, minor maintenance, stock control, and ordering tasks. They will also handle patient monies, occasional shopping, and liaise with contractors and team members. The role is integral to enhancing the patient experience.
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 1 cleaning or equivalent experience
- Care/hospitality supervision and cleaning, equivalent experience
- Basic Food Hygiene
- Working towards/a requirement/willingness to achieve relevant NVQ's up to level 3 through training and ward induction
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 2 in cleaning
- NVQ Level 2 in Care
- Food Hygiene Certificate
- Knowledge and Expertise
- Good basic knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
- Basic knowledge of Health and Safety. Including infection control
- Customer service, internal and external
- Communicate effectively with patients, their families and carers
- Work effectively in teams, appreciating the roles of other staff and agencies involved in the care of patients
- Fully understand and respect the respective rights and feelings of patients and their families, seeking out and addressing their needs
- Responsibility for some financial handling
- Organisation skills
- Knowledge/experience of cooking for a number of people
- In a similar environment or equivalent
- To be able to train others in Housekeeping duties
- Previous NHS experience
- Trust Values
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
- NVQ Level 1 cleaning or equivalent experience
- Care/hospitality supervision and cleaning, equivalent experience
- Basic Food Hygiene
- Working towards/a requirement/willingness to achieve relevant NVQ's up to level 3 through training and ward induction
- NVQ Level 2 in cleaning
- NVQ Level 2 in Care
- Food Hygiene Certificate
- Knowledge and Expertise
- Good basic knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
- Basic knowledge of Health and Safety. Including infection control
- Customer service, internal and external
- Communicate effectively with patients, their families and carers
- Work effectively in teams, appreciating the roles of other staff and agencies involved in the care of patients
- Fully understand and respect the respective rights and feelings of patients and their families, seeking out and addressing their needs
- Responsibility for some financial handling
- Organisation skills
- Knowledge/experience of cooking for a number of people
- In a similar environment or equivalent
- To be able to train others in Housekeeping duties
- Previous NHS experience
- Trust Values
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
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Job summary
Greenways, our inpatient Assessment and Treatment Unit for people with learning disabilities, has an opportunity for a full time permanent housekeeper who will work as an integral and valued member of the staffing team where you will be actively involved in enhancing the patient experience.
The postholder will work 37.5hrs per week and be based at Greenways in Macclesfield.
Main duties of the job
As our unit housekeeper, you will relate to all care disciplines to ensure the provision of a high quality and safe environment for all of the patients on the unit. Your tasks will include cleaning, catering, meal service and minor maintenance, stock control and ordering, as well as visits to the cash office to withdraw patient monies, occasional shopping for patient items, liaising with contactors and other members of the team and wider service together with any other specified tasks as identified by the Unit Management. All of these role aspects will contribute to enhancing the patient experience.
Please see job description for full details of the role.
About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,50
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