Housekeeper

• Band 2
• Main area
• Multi-specialty adult in-patient ward
• Grade
• Band 2
• Contract
• Permanent
• Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

• 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8-4/ 9-5)
• Job ref
• 396-8169255-DE-GV-Z
• Site
• Kingston Hospital
• Town
• Kingston upon Thames
• Salary
• £30,142 pa. pro rata excluding of HCAS Outer
• Salary period
• Yearly
• Closing
• 18/08/2026 08:00
• Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

• Compassionate : We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
• Inclusive : We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
• Collaborative : We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
• Inspiring : We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.

Job overview

Kingston Private Health is an adult in-patient hospital ward within Kingston Hospital.

We are looking for a full-time or Part-time housekeeper to support the nursing staff.

The housekeeper will be responsible for keeping the ward and clinic rooms neat, tidy, uncluttered, well presented and clean.

The role involves maintaining a safe and comfortable environment for patients ensuring the daily stock of clinical supplies and responsibility for equipment cleaning and maintenance.

Main duties of the job

• The housekeeper will work with the Staff in the unit ensuring that all visitors are welcomed and that excellence in customer care and front of house services are provided.
• This role will support and supplement those of the nursing staff and does not replace or supplement domestic services but enhances the patient experience overall.
• The post holder will work as an integral part of the unit team, being responsible for ensuring the delivery of a range of activities to support the clinical team in delivering care, including keeping the unit neat, tidy, uncluttered and well presented, the daily stock of clinical supplies and for equipment cleaning and maintenance.
• They will be responsible for maintaining a safe and comfortable ward environment and will work flexibly being prepared to undertake those non-nursing duties designated by the Ward Sister/Nurse in Charge/ Staff nurses.
• The post holder will be required to undertake a range of procedures and practices which they have been trained and assessed as competent.

Working for our organisation

The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred and which puts safety first and where all staff members take responsibility, are valued and value each other.

To support this, our values are that we are all:

• Compassionate - We treat everyone with kindness, understanding and empathy
• Inclusive - We are respectful, fair and open, valuing everyone’s unique contribution
• Collaborative - We work together across our teams and with our partners and are helpful, positive and supportive
• Inspiring - We strive for the best for patients, communities, staff and partners and are always learning and improving
• Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about the role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent in Maths & English
• Health Care or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• Housekeeper experience in Healthcare setting or a hotel
• Customer service experience
• Experience with procurement/ ordering supplies/ stock control

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent in Maths & English

Desirable criteria

• Experience of using computer systems, including searching from a database

EXperience

Essential criteria

• Ability to work successfully as part of a busy team
• Able to communicate clearly in writing, verbally and on the telephone

Desirable criteria

• Ability to use initiative to find solutions

We support the NHS Flex for the Future pledge

We welcome conversations about flexible working from day one, including options such as adjusted hours, compressed hours and other arrangements. If flexibility matters to you, please talk to us - we’ll be happy to explore what’s possible for the role and the service.

Your recruitment team

The NHS South West London Recruitment Hub is your dedicated recruitment team, here to support you at every stage of the process. If you have a query, please contact us:

E: krft.askrecruitment@nhs.net

Your application

Please ensure your supporting statement clearly reflects the job description and person specification , as shortlisting will be based on these criteria.

Please refer to the latest UKVI guidance and ensure you have the appropriate right to work before applying for this role.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

We kindly ask that you avoid using AI tools to draft your application. We value authentic, individual responses that reflect your own experience and communication style.

References

Please provide a minimum of 3 years’ employment and/or education history , including professional email addresses (not personal accounts such as Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot provide these, please inform the interview panel to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.

Closing date

To help us manage recruitment efficiently, some vacancies may close early once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted by email or SMS from the South West London Recruitment Hub. Please check your registered TRAC email regularly.

Application feedback

If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date , please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Safeguarding and DBS Checks

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may have an application cap, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. Ensure your supporting statement clearly shows how you meet the job specifications.

• Further details / informal visits contact
• Name
• Sharon Barragan
• Job title
• Matron
• Email address
• s.barragan@nhs.net
• Telephone number
• 020 8546 6677