HCA Healthcare
Housekeeping Assistant
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Housekeeping Assistant
The Lister Hospital, London
Full Time, 37.5 hours/ week
Shifts between 0630am and 2200pm, 5 days out of 7 to include weekends
Permanent £14.80/ hour + excellent benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits package plus career development)
We’re looking for a dedicated Housekeeping Assistant to join our Hotel Services team based at The Lister Hospital. Our Hotel Services team plays a vital role in the day-to-day running of the hospital, ensuring that all patient rooms, clinical areas, and shared spaces are maintained to the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, and presentation.
Working behind the scenes and on the front line, the team helps create a welcoming, calm, and hygienic environment where patients can focus on their recovery and visitors feel reassured from the moment they arrive.
About the Role
As a Housekeeping Assistant, you’ll be a key contributor to the overall patient experience, supporting both care delivery and hospital operations through your attention to detail and commitment to excellence.
Day to day, your work will include:
- Cleaning patient rooms, public areas, and staff spaces.
- Ensuring every area is safe, tidy, and presentable.
- Working closely with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to support the smooth running of the hospital.
This is a hands-on, rewarding role where your work is immediately visible and genuinely valued, offering the opportunity to make a difference every single day.
Above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life. It’s this guiding vision that influences everything we do at HCA UK. From the CEO to the colleagues on the floor, we all have a part to play in delivering exceptional care to our patients. Other’s may think this is just a role in Hotel Services, but to us, you’ll be part of a wider team with a unique sense of purpose, one that helps improve lives on a daily basis.
What you’ll do:
- Be passionate about both patient care and cleanliness.
- Communicate effectively with patients, visitors, and healthcare staff.
- Be comfortable working in a hospital environment and coming into contact with patients.
- Ensure our communal areas are clean and tidy for visitors.
- Perform any tasks specifically assigned to you.
- Carry out any other tasks assigned by the Supervisor or designee.
- Attend mandatory training on an annual basis.
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What you’ll bring:
- Be aware of hygiene standards.
- Be passionate about customer care.
- Be able to communicate effectively with patients, visitors, and healthcare staff.
- Be able to work under pressure, and with a flexible approach.
Why HCA UK?
Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr. Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication, and facilities.
Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group, we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.
By caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Housekeeping Assistant, you’ll be eligible for:
- 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with the option to buy or sell leave to suit you.
- Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals.
- Private pension contribution which increases with length of service.
- Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme.
- Group Life Assurance from day one.
- Critical illness cover.
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay.
- Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland.
- Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection, and lifestyle benefits to suit you.
- Discounts with over 800 major retailers.
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Culture and values
At HCA UK, we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us brings as we know that when you feel seen, heard, and supported, you can be at your best for our patients and each other.
Our mission is simple: above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues.
To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:
- Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual.
- Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion.
- Honesty, integrity, and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity, and fairness.
- Loyalty, respect, and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect, and dignity.
Reasonable adjustments
We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organization, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and in the workplace to anyone that needs them.
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Life with us means taking pride in your team and delivering the highest quality care. We’ll support your ongoing learning in an environment that features advanced equipment and practices, one of the best colleague-to-patient ratios in the UK, and varied, interesting work. As part of HCA Healthcare US, the world’s largest healthcare company, we can also promise that you’ll learn from experts in every department and that your opportunities will be endless.
With us, you’ll be empowered to achieve more in your career and more for our patients. Visit our careers page for more information.
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