Housekeeping Assistant

Bupa Global; Dartford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health insurer is seeking a Housekeeping Assistant to maintain cleanliness and support a welcoming environment in their Dartford care home. The role is flexible, requiring 20 hours a week, and involves tasks such as vacuuming, mopping, and managing housekeeping stocks to ensure the wellbeing of residents. This position offers numerous benefits, including access to healthcare support, holidays, and a sick pay scheme, all aimed at creating a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Free meal on every shift

28 days holiday

Long service rewards

Interest-free annual travel loan

Early access to earned wages

Gym discounts

Qualifications

• Pride in maintaining cleanliness and high standards.
• Ability to manage multiple requests effectively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness in communal areas and residents' bedrooms.
• Work closely with other housekeeping staff to ensure a welcoming environment.

Skills

Multitasking

Attention to Detail

Job description

Job Description - Housekeeping Assistant (EGL00HQ)

Requisition Title

Job Number:

Job Number:

EGL00HQ

Eglantine Lane Dartford

Kent DA4 9JL

20 hour per week - to be flexible across 7 days (9am - 4pm / 4 days per week)

We make health happen

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. Housekeeping Assistants have a knack for tidying up and a passion for helping others. They make a real difference every day by creating a warm and welcoming environment for our residents. Our care home is a place where every detail counts, and our team work together to ensure our residents feel right at home.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

You’ll be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness within the home, working closely with our other housekeeping and maintenance staff

Always ensuring our residents are kept happy, you will vacuum, mop floors, polish and generally ensure the up-keep of all communal areas and our resident’s bedrooms

You’ll maintain housekeeping stocks for day to day use and raise any issues to the Housekeeping Supervisor as you go

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

You take pride in ensuring your work is always completed to a high standard and can maintain an organised environment. Often managing multiple requests at once, you’ll be comfortable multitasking and where necessary, working with other teams to ensure our residents are kept happy in their home.

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 appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support – all available via 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
• 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.
• Free meal on 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 to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

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.