Housekeeping Assistant

Bupa UK; Wincanton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

My Healthcare

Annual allowance

Sick pay

Free meal on every shift

28 days holiday

Pension plans

Wagestream

Job summary

Bupa UK is seeking a Housekeeping Assistant for The Bridles care home in Wincanton. You will maintain high cleanliness standards across communal areas and resident bedrooms, vacuum, mop, polish, and manage stock, supporting the housekeeping team.

This full-time, 36-hour permanent role offers an hourly salary of £13.30–£14.30 depending on experience, with extensive benefits and the opportunity to contribute to a warm, welcoming home for residents.

Qualifications

• Maintaining high standards of cleanliness.
• Organised and able to multitask.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness within the home, working with housekeeping and maintenance staff.
• Vacuum, mop floors, polish and keep communal areas and residents' bedrooms tidy.
• Manage housekeeping stocks and raise issues to the Housekeeping Supervisor.

Job description

Job Description

The Bridles care home - Dykes Wy, Wincanton BA9 9FQ

Salary: £13.30 - £14.30 per hour depending on experience

36 Hour Permanent Contract

The Bridles is a new state of the art care home built for the future with residential, nursing and specialist dementia care. Located in Wincanton, this luxurious new home has superior standards of design and interior finishes. With smart technology and thoughtful spaces, it's a place for connection and comfort.

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.

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 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.

Time Type

Full time

Job Area

Locations:

The Bridles