About this role
Job summary
Working Part time: 36 hours per week
An exciting new post is now available for a band 2 Housekeeper to work alongside our established housekeeper in the Acute Medical unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to carry out various tasks such as monitoring and supporting patients with their menu choices, liaising with nurses, and other multi disciplinary team members in the unit, ensuring patients are provided with supplies as needed, daily and weekly stock checking and maintaining equipment and dealing with maintenance issues. The post holder will be responsible for generally keeping the AMU environment in a tidy, clean, uncluttered and safe state at all times.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills as part of the role will be making and receiving telephone calls. The post holder must have the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
A positive and enthusiastic attitude is essential, experience as a housekeeper is desirable.
Being a key member of the AMU team A friendly and supportive working environment Excellent holiday entitlements 27 days + bank holidays rising to 33 after 10 years' service (pro rata) Competitive pension scheme Staff support, health and wellbeing opportunities & other employee benefits
This post includes Bank Holidays
About us
The Trusts services are provided from three locations:
The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.
The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery
Job description Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service.Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Experience Essential
Previous work / life experience requiring involvement with the public setting
Desirable
Basic understanding of NHS issues Basic IT skills An understanding of Organisation of nursing care
Skills Essential
Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients/relatives and others of varying levels of understanding Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting. Able to present factual information and deal with questions.
Desirable
Able to develop skills to organise and prioritise own workload.
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 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address Countess of Chester Hospital
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1UL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)