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Various Hours and Shifts Available\nReady to impact a better future?\n As a Housekeeper at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, you’ll play an important role in creating a clean, safe and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and colleagues. You’ll provide housekeeping, cleaning and catering services within your allocated area, while providing day-to-day direction and support to Domestic Assistants. Working closely with patients, clinical colleagues and the wider facilities team, you’ll help maintain high standards of hygiene, service and patient care. Your work has purpose, and the care and pride you bring to the role will make a positive impact every day.\nWhat you’ll do as a Housekeeper\nDeliver housekeeping, cleaning, catering and customer services to agreed standards across your allocated clinical areas and departments.\nProvide day-to-day direction and support to Domestic Assistants working within your area.\nServe patient meals and beverages and ensure dining areas are cleared and cleaned afterwards.\nKeep kitchen and server areas, equipment and dishwashers clean, tidy and ready for use.\nDistribute clean linen to wards and safely move soiled linen and waste to the appropriate collection points.\nComplete cleaning tasks as required to maintain service delivery and hygiene standards.\nFollow agreed working methods and maintain accurate records where required.\nOrder goods and materials through Team Leaders as needed.\nReport defects, maintenance issues and hazards through the appropriate channels.\nCommunicate effectively with patients, clinical colleagues and the wider team.\nSupport colleague appraisals where required.\nFollow Health and Safety, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), food hygiene and other relevant policies and procedures.\n\nDoes this sound like you?\n You’ll be reliable, approachable and comfortable taking responsibility for your own area while supporting and guiding others. You’ll have good communication skills, strong attention to detail and a customer-focused approach. You’ll be able to use your initiative, organise your workload and adapt when priorities change. This is a physically active role, so you’ll need to be comfortable being mobile for much of your working day and carrying out cleaning, catering, linen and housekeeping tasks.\nAs this role involves working within a hospital environment, appointment is subject to obtaining satisfactory Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership as part of our pre-employment checks. You’ll also need:\nGood literacy and numeracy skills.\nAn awareness of risk assessments and safe working practices.\nA flexible approach to working times and methods.\nBritish Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) Operator Proficiency Certificate Level 1 (OPC L1), or relevant training as required for the role.\nBasic Food Hygiene Certification, or relevant training as required for the role.\nHealth and Safety awareness.\nRole-specific training will include site orientation, corporate induction, customer care and fire safety.\nDiscover all you need to keep growing\n We want you to have the support, benefits and opportunities you need to grow and make a positive impact.\nAnnual leave: 27 days.\nPension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme.\nTraining and development: Access to more than 1,100 internal courses, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities and support for internal progression.\nWellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans and 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.\nDiscounts: Savings across around 1,000 retailers, covering food, clothing, days out, entertainment and travel.\nShareSave scheme: Save regularly with the option to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.\nEmployee networks: Connect with colleagues through dedicated networks offering support, shared experiences, ideas and community.\nVolunteering and charity: Take one paid volunteering day each year and choose to support charities through our Payroll Giving Scheme.\nAt Serco, there’s headroom for people to grow. Whether you’re developing your skills, building your experience or looking towards your next opportunity, we’ll support you to keep moving forward.\n\nLet’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.\n\nA little bit about us:\nAt Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.\nOur inclusive recruitment commitment:\nWe prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.\nGuaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.\n Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).\nFor support with your application, please contact .\nLet’s impact a better future, together. 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