Housekeeper

Orders of St. John Care Trust; Melksham; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday (including Bank Holl..

Higher rates of pay at weekends

Free uniform

Free DBS

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend scheme, rewarding you

Job summary

Orders of St. John Care Trust is seeking Housekeepers for Melksham Gardens, a brand-new 80-bed care home opening in 2027. 35 hours per week at a pay rate of £13.01 per hour, with duties centered on maintaining high cleanliness and hygiene standards in a welcoming, homely environment.

You’ll join a team delivering first-class care across residential, dementia and nursing services, while benefiting from training and development opportunities within the expanding group.

Qualifications

• No prior housekeeping experience required.
• Full training will be provided to get you started.
• You’ll be comfortable interacting with residents in a caring and sensitive way.

Responsibilities

• Keep residents’ rooms and common areas clean, tidy and welcoming.
• Maintain high standards of hygiene and infection control.
• Assist with laundry tasks where required and support a safe environment.

Job description

We’re one of the largest not for profit care provider in the UK, specialising in providing high quality, person-centred care for older people, in care homes and extra care housing nationwide.
At OSJCT we care about our residents and we care about each other. That means you’ll enjoy great career development working for an expanding organisation. Because we’re a not for profit trust, we invest every penny we make in the people who live in our homes and the people who work here too. This means better quality care and lovely homes for our residents, along with competitive wages and great training and development for our people.
We provide outstanding care, working closely with leading experts on dementia and elderly care. And we’re currently modernising our portfolio of care homes – refurbishing our existing homes and moving into new, inspiring, contemporary care homes too.
As we expand nationwide, we need more people with the right mix of skills, passion and ambition to help us grow even more.

HOUSEKEEPER

Pay rate: £13.01 per hour

Contracted Hours: 35 hours per week

MELKSHAM GARDENS – A BRAND-NEW CARE HOME OPENING IN 2027

Be part of something from the very beginning.

We’re looking for Housekeepers to join the team at Melksham Gardens, our brand-new 80-bed care home in Melksham.

RECRUITMENT OPEN DAY

Come and meet the team and find out more:

Wednesday 21st October
10am – 3pm
Melksham Town Hall – Council Chamber

Come along to find out more about Melksham Gardens, the Housekeeper role and what it’s like to be part of a brand-new care home team. We’d love to meet you!

ABOUT OUR ROLE

Our Housekeepers play a vital role in maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness in our homes, ensuring every room and living space is clean, tidy and welcoming. You’ll be a champion for hygiene and infection control, with access to specialised equipment and materials to help create a safe and comfortable environment for residents, their friends and families.

Some residents love to get involved with simple cleaning and laundry tasks, so you may sometimes find you have a little extra help with your daily routines!

You’ll work alongside a team who are passionate about providing a safe environment, as well as warmth and kindness to everyone who lives and works in our homes.

ABOUT MELKSHAM GARDENS

Melksham Gardens is a brand-new, purpose-built 80-bed care home on Longleaze Lane, due to open in 2027. The home will provide residential, dementia and nursing care, alongside respite and day care services.

Designed around residents’ comfort, wellbeing and independence, the home will offer luxury en-suite bedrooms, including suites for couples, alongside private dining spaces, a cinema, gym, activities room, hair salon, wellness spa and dedicated family suite.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at the beginning of the home’s journey. Depending on the progress of the home, you may join us during the preparation and mobilisation period or as we welcome our first residents. Your exact start date may therefore be subject to change and could be later than initially anticipated.

The early stages will be different to working in an established care home as the team comes together and the home prepares to welcome its first residents. You’ll play an important part in helping establish the high standards and welcoming environment that Melksham Gardens will be known for.

ABOUT YOU

You don’t need previous housekeeping experience to join us – we’ll provide all the training you need to get started.

What’s most important is that you take pride in your work, communicate well, enjoy working as part of a team and are keen to learn. You’ll be comfortable working in an elderly care setting and able to relate to our residents in a caring and sensitive manner.

We’re looking for people who are positive, adaptable and excited about being part of something new. If you want to help create a clean, welcoming and homely environment for our residents from the very beginning, we’d love to hear from you.

AND IN RETURN

The Trust is a great place to work; we’ve been providing care for almost 1,000 years and we’re currently the second largest not-for-profit provider in the UK. As a not-for-profit organisation, we reinvest every penny we make into our residents, colleagues and care homes.

We offer a great range of benefits, including:

• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Higher rates of pay at weekends
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a Friend scheme, rewarding you up to £1,000 for every recommendation who successfully starts working for us
• Blue Light Card and “My Rewards” programme, offering discounts on shopping, days out, restaurants and much more

We reserve the right to close this role before the closing date, with no advance notice. We do encourage you to complete an application as soon as possible if interested.