Hospital Cleaner

Job Introduction

About the role
Hospital stays can be quite a stressful time for our patients and their loved ones, a simple smile and fantastic service can put a patient at ease and make all the difference!

At Sodexo Hospital Cleaners are vital to making sure that we provide a high quality cleaning service for our patients and visitors. You will follow a strict daily cleaning schedule ensuring to maintain a clean and hygienic environment whilst upholding a high level of infection prevention throughout the hospital.

Please note, you must have the ability to deal with clinical waste, smells, bodily excretions and fluids. 

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.

A few things about you  
Our patients are at the heart of everything we do so it’s important that fantastic customer service is always at the forefront! If you have previous experience working in a cleaning team, that’s great! If not, but you have customer service experience and strong attention to detail, we still want to hear from you! 

You will be customer facing and will respond to requests so having excellent customer service and communication skills is key. Being a team player is also important, there’s no ‘I’ in team!

Sodexo embeds a strong Safety culture in everything we do. There will be company procedures to follow alongside our Health & Safety practises so it is vital that you will champion this.

You will need to be a keen learner as you will have continuous training opportunities throughout your career.  

Package Description

Stoke Mandeville Hospital 

• Shifts are 5 out of 7 days and cover over a 24 hour period.
• Please note, we would love to hear from you if you are interested in part-time opportunities as we have multiple vacancies available.
• NHS Discounts
• 25% pay enhancement for working nights and Saturdays
• 50% pay enhancement for working Sundays

About the Company

Why choose Sodexo?
You don’t just join Sodexo, you belong.   

What do we mean when we say belong?  

It’s simple. You create a company where everyone is respected and feels that their ideas count. You take care of the quality of life of your people. You make your workplace inclusive, encouraging people to bring their whole self to work every day. That’s our philosophy in a nutshell.   

A career at Sodexo won’t tie you down, it actively encourages your progress. The diverse range of roles we offer is truly infinite. Whatever your skills, experience or passion, you’ll be encouraged and supported to have a fulfilling career. 

We are committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Working Parents, Sodexo Disability, So together, generations and origins.  We have also launched Be Heard which is an employee network designed to bring black colleagues together (virtually) to bring about positive change.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.   

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture. 

Our benefits:   
As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life, health and wellbeing for our employees we provide discounts and benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs. In addition to the essentials like 20 days holidays (plus bank holidays) and pension contribution, we can help you take advantage of being part of Sodexo with benefits such as;    

• Sodexo Discounts - discounts from over 1,200 top retailers with you earning WOW Points (cashback) as you shop   
• Talk – a free wellbeing support helpline for you and your family   
• Up to three paid days each year to volunteer
• Your Lucky Number Employee Lottery (this also supports the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation)
• Cycle to work    
• Life assurance