Housekeeping Assistant

Bupa; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

My Healthcare

Annual healthcare product allowance

Free meal with every shift

28 days holiday

Long Service rewards

Interest-free travel loan

Wagestream access

Pension plans

My Bupa Extras

Sick pay scheme

Job summary

Bupa is hiring a Housekeeping Assistant for Richmond Village Cheltenham. This part-time role includes alternate weekends, paid breaks, and comprehensive benefits.

You will maintain high cleaning standards across facilities and assist with resident laundry, underpinned by health and safety practices. Ideal candidates bring housekeeping experience, a basic grasp of infection control and COSHH, and strong teamwork and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience from a housekeeping or domestic cleaning role.
• Basic understanding of infection control, COSHH, and compliance standards.
• Friendly and approachable nature to forge relationships with colleagues and residents.
• Meticulous attention to detail and safe working practices.
• Strong communication skills and teamwork across functions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain residents' care home facilities, public areas and properties to high cleaning standards.
• Operate vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and carpet shampooers.
• Empty bins regularly and manage waste.
• Sweep, scrub, wax and polish floors.
• Clean carpets, upholstery, woodwork, windows and sills.
• Wash, dry and iron residents' clothing and communal laundry.
• Report safety hazards to management and ensure Health and Safety and COSHH compliance.

Skills

Housekeeping experience

Infection control

COSHH

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Job description

Job Description: Housekeeping Assistant Richmond Village Cheltenham, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham, GL51 6PN £12.90 per hour - Paid breaks and excellent Bupa benefits Permanent. Part time contract to include alternate weekends

We make health happen At Bupa, we provide support when it's needed most, and our Richmond Villages Cheltenham offer luxury retirement living, an aspirational lifestyle for our residents, and our top-tier accommodation is matched by superior service. We provide person-centred care that supports independence and respects individual choice, enabling our residents to lead their best lives. We take pride in our carehome.co.uk review score of 9.9 out of 10. Our housekeeper is the unsung hero of our award-winning retirement village. With a flair for perfection and a sprinkle of care, they keep our community sparkling and residents beaming with pride.

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 bring experience from a housekeeping or domestic cleaning role, along with a basic 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 possess a meticulous attention to detail and take pride in your work. Equipped with strong communication skills, you are adept at collaborating as part of a team, across various functions and services.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from one phone number 24/7.
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Free meal with every shift.
• 28 days holiday.
• Long Service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Interest- free annual travel Loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
• Wagestream - Have early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
• Competitive Pension plans and Parental leave options as well as access to unique products such as our Menopause plan.
• My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your wellbeing.
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

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. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type: Full time Job Area: Care Home - Facilities & Home Support Locations: Richmond Village Cheltenham

Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.