Porter Housekeeper
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation TrustDurham, North East
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust based in Durham. The advertised salary is £25,272. Applications close on 12 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
We require friendly, positive thinking, organised, motivated individuals to work as a Porter Housekeeper within the Trusts Hotel Services Team at Lanc...
The successful postholder will provide cleaning and catering services as part of a team, to office, patient and communal areas within the Trust.
You will interact compassionately with patients and carers at all times. Patients have a range of mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
In addition to this, the postholder will show commitment to and participate in quality improvement activities.
You will promote at all times a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities, and promote at all times a positive image of Hotel Services and the wider Trust.
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Essential: - Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2; - Numeracy and Literacy to level 2; - ITQ Level 2; - NVQ Level 2 in Portering or Housekeeping (within agreed timescale).
Essential: - Experience in portering.; - Experience in use of cleaning materials and equipment.; - Experience in general cleaning duties.
Essential: - Able to follow instructions and understand written and verbal communication; - Knowledge of stock control; - Knowledge of Health & Safety and COSHH
How this role compares
We hold 349 NHS vacancies in North East that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,073. This role pays less than about 93% of them.
There are 12,785 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 618 of them in North East.
You have 9 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 59 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has 68 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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