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Housekeeping Assistant - Bank

Job details
Posting date: 20 May 2024
Salary: £11.60 per hour
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 19 June 2024
Location: GL6 6UL, Gloucestershire, GL6 6UL
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Bupa Care Services
Job type: Temporary
Job reference: RIC04OL_1716208007

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Summary

Job Title: Housekeeping Assistant

Location: Richmond Village Painswick, Stroud Road, Painswick, GL6 6UL

Salary range: £11.60 per hour - Paid breaks

Contract: Bank

Shift Pattern: Adaptable to accommodate existing commitments





We make health happen

At Bupa, we provide support when it's needed the most. Richmond Villages, our retirement village provider, offers person-centred care that promotes independence and respects individual choice, enabling residents to live their best lives.

New starters can rely on a comprehensive induction to ease into their roles, complemented by continuous training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships.

Additionally, our online portal offers a wealth of resources for personal growth, along with complimentary access to LinkedIn's online learning platform.

You'll help us make health happen by:

  • Ensuring that our residents' care home facilities, public areas and individual properties are maintained to the highest cleaning standards
  • Operating vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and carpet shampooers
  • Emptying bins regularly
  • Sweeping, scrubbing, waxing and polishing floors
  • Cleaning carpets and upholstery and washing woodwork, windows, door panels and sills
  • Washing, drying and ironing residents clothing, bedding and communal laundry, including for our on-site care home residents
  • Reporting all safety hazards to management, ensuring Health and Safety standards and COSSH are adhered to at all times.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

You will ideally have experience in a housekeeping or domestic cleaning role, along with a fundamental understanding of infection control, COSHH, and compliance standards. As someone who is friendly and approachable, you will forge enduring professional relationships with colleagues, residents, and their families. Recognizing the importance of a safe working environment, you have an attentive eye for detail and take pride in your work. Equipped with strong communication skills, you can effectively collaborate as part of a team, across various functions and services.

In our commitment to caring for vulnerable individuals, we require you to undergo a DBS check during the recruitment process. Bupa will bear the cost of this (£40).



Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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