Job Description

Can you make a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care Mountbatten Hampshire?

As a Mountbatten Housekeeper you will ensure the highest possible standards of hygiene and cleanliness are met and maintained in all areas of the Hospice, putting patients at the heart of everything you do.

With an enthusiastic, can-do attitude, and the ability to work on your own initiative, you will help ensure the Hospice is always clean and welcoming for all.

What are you waiting for? Apply today and become part of our amazing team!

Hours:

Zero hours contract. Hours will be worked on a rota basis, may include weekends and bank holidays.

Overview of Role:

To maintain a quality, effective, consistent and reliable housekeeping and laundry services across all areas at Mountbatten Hampshire. This service will ensure a pleasant, safe, clean and welcoming environment is provided for patients, visitors, employees and volunteers.

Key Tasks:

To participate in all housekeeping duties on the Inpatient Unit (IPU), including cleaning patient rooms, bathrooms, beds and equipment, working to cleaning schedules and Hospice processes.

To carry out housekeeping duties to ensure communal areas, day services, staff offices and staff areas e.g. corridors and toilets, working to cleaning schedules and Mountbatten processes.

Taking down and hanging of curtains.

To be responsible for following Mountbatten guidelines for colour coded equipment and follow safe working practices including, but not limited to Health and Safety guidelines, Infection Control and COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health).

To dispose of waste following the correct standards and requirements, in accordance with infection control procedures.

Always follow safe working practices, particularly about the use of electrical equipment, and maintain personal awareness of Health & Safety, bringing to the attention of the appropriate manager any risks identified.

To observe complete confidentiality of all information relating to patients, employees, volunteers and hospice business with an awareness of and adherence to the legal requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations. Information relating to identifiable patients, staff or hospice business is not to be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and /or treatment of the patient. If you are in any doubt whatsoever as to the authority of a person or body asking for information of this nature.

A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults is expected and training will be given to support this.

Attend induction training, annual mandatory training, and any other appropriate recommended training.

Undertake any other duties as requested from time to time by the Lead Housekeeper.

General

All Mountbatten employees are:

Required to abide by the Health & Safety at Work Act

Required to attend mandatory and refresher training annually

Required to respect confidentiality applying to all organisational areas

Required to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulations

Required to work within organisational policies and procedures

Required to participate in and contribute to team meetings

Required to cooperate and liaise with departmental colleagues

Expected to promote at all times the organisations philosophy and uphold its core Values

Expected to demonstrate at all times a commitment towards equality and diversity

Expected to demonstrate a commitment to their own development, to take advantage of education and training opportunities and develop their own competence

Expected to support and encourage harmonious internal and external working relationships

Expected to make a positive contribution to fundraising and raising the profile of the hospice, embedding the organisation's values

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 12.42 per hour

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 23/10/2025
Reference ID: VC245