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Working alongside a team of housekeepers - providing cleaning and catering services to the patients at Abingdon Community Hospital.

An opportunity for a full time post to join a highly motivated, dedicated team of Housekeepers based Abingdon Community Hospital

We are looking for a friendly organized hard-working candidate who will be reliable, flexible, and good team player who has good interpersonal and communication skills.

The successful candidate will be providing high quality housekeeping and catering service, with the aim of this post is to ensure a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.

If you have a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality cleaning and cook chill service, this could be the role for you and we want to hear from you!

Providing a clean safe environment for patients and staff

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Staff accommodation
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

General cleaning on the outpatients and ward areas - including mopping the floors, cleaning toilets and around the patient bays, also serving food to patients for breakfast, lunch and dinner times.

This working shift pattern is 5 days per week over a 2 week rolling rota whereby you would be expected to work a week of 7am-3pm shifts and then a week of 11am-7pm shifts.

Please note:

• New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
• Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.