Housekeeping Assistant

Bupa; Uckfield; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meal on every shift

28 days holiday

Viva wellbeing programme

Job summary

Bupa Copper Beech Care Home in Uckfield is seeking a dedicated Housekeeping Assistant on a 30 hour contract. You will help maintain a clean, welcoming home for residents, supporting staff across teams to ensure a comfortable environment.

Key responsibilities include keeping communal areas spotless, assisting with bedrooms, and managing housekeeping stocks, with benefits designed to support your wellbeing and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience in housekeeping within care or hospitality settings.
• Ability to maintain high cleanliness standards in communal areas.
• Capable of multitasking and working with other teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness within the home and work with other housekeeping and maintenance staff.
• Vacuum, mop floors, polish and upkeep of communal areas and residents' bedrooms.
• Maintain housekeeping stocks and raise any issues to the Housekeeping Supervisor.

Skills

Cleaning

Organization

Multitasking

Teamwork

Job description

Copper Beech Care Home, Eastbourne Road, Ridgewood, Uckfield TN22 5ST

30 Hour Contract

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.