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LOROS Hospice

Housekeeper - Day Hospice

The closing date is 19 April 2026

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Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a housekeeper to join our well-established team. As Housekeeper you will work as an integral part of the team ensuring the clinical teams are supported in delivering care including keeping the unit neat, tidy, uncluttered and well presented. Maintaining daily stock of clinical supplies and ensuring equipment is clean and maintained. The housekeeping team also serves the patients beverages and assists patients with food preparation and feeding, ensuring the patients receives meals appropriate to their needs. The housekeeper will also escort patients to and from hospice if required.

The successful applicant will have proven experience of working with people and to deal with them in a caring sensitive manner. Good communication skills and the ability to work both as effective team member and on your own initiative is essential.

Working at LOROS provides the opportunity to work in a supportive environment where role development and training is actively encouraged and supported.

Main duties of the job

The Housekeeper is responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness, safety, and organization across all areas of the unit. This includes following cleaning schedules, managing laundry and linen, and ensuring patient and staff areassuch as sluice rooms, utility spaces, store rooms, and equipmentare clean, tidy, and safe at all times. They prepare and maintain patient areas. The role involves monitoring and logging equipment such as beds and mattresses, ensuring proper storage, arranging repairs in line with policies, and maintaining adequate clinical supplies. Additional duties include ordering and restocking ward supplies, rotating stock, assisting with laundry, coordinating staff lockers, managing uniform requisitions, and reporting any incidents involving patients, visitors, or volunteers, while always working within their level of competence.

About us

LOROS Hospice is a local charity and every year we care for over 2,500 people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We deliver free, high-quality, compassionate care and support to terminally ill patients, their family and carers.

Details

Date posted

10 April 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.71 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0003-26-0011

Job locations

Groby Road

Leicester

LE3 9QE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Cleanliness:

- To assist in maintaining cleaning standards in all appropriate areas and follow the relevant cleaning schedules.

- Responsibility for all laundry/linen requirements.

- To ensure the unit is safe and tidy at all times, e.g. sluice, clean utility, store room,trolleys and end of month checks

- To maintain upkeep of patient areas.

- The Housekeeper has the responsibility for ensuring that they do not seek to carryout any duty for which they do not possess the necessary competence/skills.

- Maintaining a safe Environment:

- Upon the vacation of a patient area work in partnership with the Domestic team to ensure the area is ready for future use.

- To clean and prepare beds in line with daily/weekly schedules and handle linen.

- To log all beds and mattresses on the inpatient unit and liaise with facilities regarding any necessary repairs or services.

- To ensure the safe storage of equipment.

- To ensure equipment is in good working order.

- To ensure equipment repairs are carried out in line with LOROS policies.

- The ordering of the ward stores using an electronic system, as applicable, unload and restock following delivery.

- Ensure all items in the store are in date and rotated as necessary.

- Maintain clinical supplies in the ward/day hospice area

- Assist with laundry/washing as necessary.

- Co-ordinate staff locker allocation.

- Management and requisitions of staff uniforms.

- Report any accident/incidents relating to patients, visitors or volunteers.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Cleanliness:

- To assist in maintaining cleaning standards in all appropriate areas and follow the relevant cleaning schedules.

- Responsibility for all laundry/linen requirements.

- To ensure the unit is safe and tidy at all times, e.g. sluice, clean utility, store room,trolleys and end of month checks

- To maintain upkeep of patient areas.

- The Housekeeper has the responsibility for ensuring that they do not seek to carryout any duty for which they do not possess the necessary competence/skills.

- Maintaining a safe Environment:

- Upon the vacation of a patient area work in partnership with the Domestic team to ensure the area is ready for future use.

- To clean and prepare beds in line with daily/weekly schedules and handle linen.

- To log all beds and mattresses on the inpatient unit and liaise with facilities regarding any necessary repairs or services.

- To ensure the safe storage of equipment.

- To ensure equipment is in good working order.

- To ensure equipment repairs are carried out in line with LOROS policies.

- The ordering of the ward stores using an electronic system, as applicable, unload and restock following delivery.

- Ensure all items in the store are in date and rotated as necessary.

- Maintain clinical supplies in the ward/day hospice area

- Assist with laundry/washing as necessary.

- Co-ordinate staff locker allocation.

- Management and requisitions of staff uniforms.

- Report any accident/incidents relating to patients, visitors or volunteers.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Able to care for people in a sensitive manner
  • Experience of working in a Healthcare setting

Motivation and personal attributes

Essential

  • Able to contribute to LOROS Values & Behaviours
  • Willingness to take personal responsibility for standard of work carried out.
  • Hard working
  • Good communicator.
  • Able to work independently or in a team.
  • Flexible & adaptable.
  • Motivated.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general education.
  • Good standard of written and verbal communication
  • Commitment to undertake necessary training

Skills / Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to work effectively & supportively as a member of the team.
  • Ability to communicate clearly in writing, verbally and on the telephone
  • Ability to work in an organised & methodical manner.
  • Ability to act on own initiative, dealing with any unexpected problems that arise.
  • Basic computer skills
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Able to care for people in a sensitive manner
  • Experience of working in a Healthcare setting

Motivation and personal attributes

Essential

  • Able to contribute to LOROS Values & Behaviours
  • Willingness to take personal responsibility for standard of work carried out.
  • Hard working
  • Good communicator.
  • Able to work independently or in a team.
  • Flexible & adaptable.
  • Motivated.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general education.
  • Good standard of written and verbal communication
  • Commitment to undertake necessary training

Skills / Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to work effectively & supportively as a member of the team.
  • Ability to communicate clearly in writing, verbally and on the telephone
  • Ability to work in an organised & methodical manner.
  • Ability to act on own initiative, dealing with any unexpected problems that arise.
  • Basic computer skills

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

LOROS Hospice

Address

Groby Road

Leicester

LE3 9QE

Employer details

Employer name

LOROS Hospice

Address

Groby Road

Leicester

LE3 9QE

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Day Hospice Manager

Rachel Lattimore

rachellattimore@loros.co.uk

Details

Date posted

10 April 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.71 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0003-26-0011

Job locations

Groby Road

Leicester

LE3 9QE


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