Housekeeping Assistant - Bank

NHS; Epsom; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Housekeeping Assistant to maintain cleanliness and laundry standards in a care home. The role involves working as part of a team, ensuring high-quality service and respect for residents. Ideal candidates will have knowledge of health and safety and experience in a public setting.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of health and safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
• Experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and laundry standards to hotel service levels.
• Carry out cleaning duties and respect residents' personal space.

Skills

Health and Safety

Compassion

Flexibility

Job description

This is a temporary Housekeeping Assistant role at Avery Healthcare's care home in Epsom. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining cleanliness and laundry standards to hotel service levels, while treating residents with dignity and respect.

Main duties of the job

As a Housekeeping Assistant, you will work as part of a team to ensure all cleaning and laundry standards are met. This will involve carrying out cleaning duties, understanding cleaning requirements for different surfaces, and respecting residents' personal space. You should have knowledge of health and safety, experience in public setting laundry, and demonstrate compassion and commitment to high-quality service.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees, offering exceptional care across over 100 homes. Avery has a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' and provides a supportive, inspiring environment where staff feel valued and empowered.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Housekeeping Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as a Housekeeping Assistant will be to work as part of a team, ensuring that all standards of cleanliness and laundry are maintained in the home. You will operate according to our standard operating procedures for housekeeping and laundry, ensuring that hotel service standards are maintained.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out all cleaning duties in accordance with worksheet instructions.
• Understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings and the properties of cleaning materials, ensuring that all areas are well presented and maintained in good condition.
• Ensuring that all residents are treated with dignity and respect and that their personal space and belongings are always respected.

ABOUT YOU

To succeed in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all you do.

Our ideal candidate must have:

• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
• Experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents.
• The ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

ABOUT AVERY

At Avery, we're not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we're a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require:

• ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate should have knowledge of health and safety, particularly moving and handling, fire safety, and COSHH assessments. Experience in cleaning laundry in a public setting and demonstrating compassion and commitment to high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents is also required.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.