Patient Services Assistant

Equans Working with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

The closing date is 15 November 2026

A vacancy has arisen for Patient Services Assistants (cleaning) to join the busy Patient Services Department at QA Hospital.

• 06:00-10:00 Monday
  - Friday
• 07:00-11:00 Monday
  - Friday
• 10:00-14:00 Monday
  - Friday

Applicants must have excellent customer care skills.

The post is monthly paid and uniform is provided. The successful applicant will receive a first class training package, and includes on and off the job training. Other benefits are a generous annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to join the NHS pension scheme.

Will require a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) form to be completed.

Responsible for cleaning all the floors, furniture, fixtures, fittings, glassware, high and low level surfaces, sanitary areas within Clinical and Non-Clinical Areas these duties will be carried out.

Carry out daily cleans, planned routine scrubs on wards, and ad hoc infectious scrubs as directed following outbreaks (ie MRSA, diarrhoea and vomiting, hepatitis etc) to ensure bed blocking is kept to a minimum. The daily cleaning of sanitary fixtures and fittings in patient and public areas.

High and low level cleaning, spot wash walls, dusting curtain tracks, radiators, and window ledges and cleaning of internal glass and door frames as required.

Changing window and bed curtains as routine and after an infectious clean/scrub.

Cleaning of patient related furniture to include bedframes, lockers, tables and chairs.

Using heavy mechanical cleaning equipment (ie scrubbers, wet pickups, buffers) to clean floors in wards, bathrooms, toilets and corridors.

Cleaning of Theatres, daily scrubbing of floors, sinks and surrounding dirty and clean corridors following department and Infection Control guidelines.

Equansworking in Partnership with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published
2020 and became a University Hospital.

Weare ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our co revalues which are at the heart of everything we do.

The Trusts main hub is the QAH, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of675,000 people across South East Hampshire.

The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come fromall walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makesour hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community youwill find a home at PHU.

In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bringin terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

The postholder will be required to operate the following equipment.

Procedures as detailed in the Patient Services Operational Procedures Manual.

Tub or cylinder vacuum.

Hot water boilers/kettles Procedures Manual.

Safety Steps.

Scrubber/Dryer machines.

Steam cleaner machines.

This list is not exhaustive but indicative of the equipment in use.

Follow SOPs (Working Instructions) to ensure…