Bank Housekeeper

  • Spire Healthcare
  • Washington, Tyne And Wear
  • May 07, 2026
Seasonal Trades & Services

Job Description

Bank Housekeeper Spire Washington Hospital Bank Weekly pay

Spire Washington Hospital is looking for a Housekeeper to carry out housekeeping duties throughout the hospital, on a Bank basis.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Maintain high standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital in line with the housekeeping and infection control policy
  • Complete the cleaning schedules related to the shift, ensuring that rooms are ready for immediate occupation and public areas are clean
  • Keep in close contact with the Senior Housekeeper and report any concerns regarding housekeeping issues immediately
  • Work in close liaison with the clinical staff, understanding the special needs of the hospital on a day to day basis
  • Responsible for the day to day maintenance of the equipment provided, checking for faults and supply shortages and reporting them to the line manager
  • Compliance with all Health and Safety at Work regulations including COSHH
  • Work with guidance on moving and handling, as identified in corporate and local policy and discussed at Mandatory training sessions
  • Quality assurance and patient confidentiality must be maintained at all times

Essential Skills:

  • - Experience in a customer facing environment
  • - Previous housekeeping experience
  • - Experience working unsupervised and on own initiative, prioritising tasks
  • - A positive and flexible approach to customer service
  • - Good communication skills
  • - Willing and able to complete mandatory training for COSSH, Manual Handling, Infection Control, food hygiene and Health & Safety in-house.

Benefits:
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
- Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.