Housekeeping Assistant

Bupa Global; Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Join Bupa Global as a Housekeeping Assistant at Fountain Lodge. You'll be essential in maintaining cleanliness and a welcoming environment for our residents while working part-time (24 hours a week). With support and training available, this role offers a chance to make a real difference in the lives of individuals, ensuring a comfortable and happy home. Enjoy diverse benefits focusing on your health and well-being.

Benefits

Free meal on every shift

Annual healthcare allowance

28 days holiday

Sick pay scheme

Interest-free annual travel loan

Wagestream access to earned wages

Parental leave options

Discounts at gyms and fitness facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in a care home or similar busy environment preferred.
• Ability to maintain cleanliness to a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining high standards of cleanliness within the home.
• Working alongside housekeeping and maintenance staff to ensure residents are happy.

Skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Job description

Job Description - Housekeeping Assistant (FOU00JE)

Requisition Title

Job Number:

Job Number:

FOU00JE

Fountain Lodge

13 - 17 London Road Tunbridge Wells

Kent TN4 0RJ

Location: Fountains Lodge Care Home - 13 – 17 London Road, Southborough, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0RJ

Contract:Permanent/part time - 24 hours per week

Care home experience (or similar) in a busy environment. Laundry experience an advantage but not essential as training provided

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.