Housekeeper

The Heights; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Workplace pension

Free uniform

Free DBS

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend bonus

Blue Light Card & rewards

Job summary

The Heights care home in High Wycombe is hiring a Housekeeper to maintain the highest standards of cleanliness across resident rooms and communal areas. You will support hygiene, infection control, and basic laundry tasks, creating a welcoming, safe and comfortable environment for residents and their visitors.

You'll work as part of a caring team; training will be provided. The role offers relief contracted hours with a pay rate of £12.97 per hour and benefits typical of a not-for-profit

Qualifications

• Caring and sensitive in dealing with residents.
• Good communication with people and residents.
• Team player who works well with others.
• Willing to learn and take pride in work.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high cleanliness standards in resident rooms and living areas.
• Ensure hygiene and infection control in the home is upheld.
• Assist with light laundry tasks as needed and use specialised equipment.

Skills

Caring attitude

Communication skills

Team player

Willing to learn

Job description

Housekeeper

Housekeeper

Location: The Heights, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5US

Pay rate: £12.97 per hour

Contracted hours: Relief

ABOUT OUR ROLE

Our Housekeepers play a vital role in maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness in our homes, ensuring that every room and living space is clean, tidy and maintained at all times. A champion for hygiene and infection control within the home, you’ll have access to specialised equipment and materials to ensure you can create a welcoming, safe and comfortable environment for residents, as well as their friends and families. Some of our residents love to join in with simple cleaning and laundry tasks, so you may sometimes find that you have extra help as you carry out your daily routines.

In joining us, you’ll also become part of our extended family. You’ll work alongside other team members who are passionate about providing a safe environment, as well as warmth and kindness to all those who live and work in our homes.

The Heights care home was designed and built to enable the effective delivery of specialist nursing care, with a practical nursing unit on each wing. The home provides a bright, safe and modern living environment, with 75 individual rooms. Not only are there many on-sitefacilities, thereis also plenty of communal and outdoor space, so everyone can get involved in the varied and stimulating selection of activities available in our High Wycombe Care Home. We encourage our residents to bringpersonal itemsfrom home to give that home-from-home feel.

AND IN RETURN

The Trust is a great place to work; we’ve been providing care for almost 1, years and we’re currently the second largest not-for-profit provider in the UK. Not-for-profit means that we reinvest every penny we make into our residents, colleagues and the care homes we live and work in. Therefore, we offer a great range of benefits, including a competitive salary, training and development.

Here are some of the other benefits you’ll enjoy as a valued member of our team:

• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• A workplace pension
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a Friend scheme rewarding you up to £ for every recommendation you make who successfully starts working for us
• Blue Light Card and “My Rewards” programme, offering you discounts on shopping, days out, restaurants and much more

ABOUT YOU

You’ll be comfortable in an elderly care setting, with the ability to relate to our residents in a caring and sensitive manner.

If you’ve worked in a housekeeping role before, then that’s great as you’ll have a good idea of what to expect. But if housekeeping as a profession is new to you, then don’t worry – we’ll provide all the training you need to start your new career with us. What’s more important to us is that you take pride in your work, you’re good at communicating with people, you enjoy working as part of a team, you’ll be keen to learn and will want to excel at your job every day.