Housekeeping Assistant - Bank

Bupa; Evesham; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bank flexible working patterns

Fully paid induction

Free meal on shift

DBS check provided

Uniform provided

Job summary

Bupa is seeking a Housekeeping Assistant at Richmond Villages Wood Norton in Evesham. The role involves maintaining high cleaning standards across residents’ facilities, handling laundry duties and operating cleaning equipment.

Flexibility to cover early shifts and extra hours for holiday and sickness cover is required. Experience in housekeeping or domestic cleaning, with a basic understanding of infection control and COSHH, is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in housekeeping or domestic cleaning roles.
• Basic understanding of infection control, COSHH, and compliance standards.
• Friendly and approachable with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain residents' care home facilities, public areas and properties to high cleaning standards.
• Operate vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and carpet shampooers.
• Empty bins regularly and sweep, scrub, wax, and polish floors.
• Clean carpets, upholstery, woodwork, windows and sills.
• Wash, dry and iron residents' clothing, bedding and communal laundry.
• Report safety hazards to management and uphold Health and Safety standards.

Skills

Housekeeping experience

Infection control

COSHH

Compliance standards

Communication skills

Job description

Job Description

Housekeeping Assistant BANK Richmond Villages Wood Norton, Evesham Road, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 4TY* *SatNav WR11 4YB £12.40 per hour - Paid breaks Additionally, we require flexibility to be able to cover early shifts from 07:00 (with notice) and extra hours for holiday and sickness cover when required.

We make health happen At Bupa, we offer essential support when it matters most.

Richmond Villages Wood Norton provides luxury retirement living with personalized care that promotes independence and honours individual choice, allowing our residents to live their best lives. We take pride in our carehome.co.uk review score of 9.9 out of 10. Our housekeeper is the unsung hero of our award-winning retirement village. With a flair for perfection and a sprinkle of care, they keep our community sparkling and residents beaming with pride.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Ensuring that our residents’ care home facilities, public areas and individual properties are maintained to the highest cleaning standards
• Operating vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and carpet shampooers
• Emptying bins regularly
• Sweeping, scrubbing, waxing and polishing floors
• Cleaning carpets and upholstery and washing woodwork, windows, door panels and sills
• Washing, drying and ironing residents clothing, bedding and communal laundry, including for our on-site care home residents
• Reporting all safety hazards to management, ensuring Health and Safety standards and COSSH are adhered to at all times.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role: You will ideally bring experience from a housekeeping or domestic cleaning role, along with a basic understanding of infection control, COSHH, and compliance standards. As someone who is friendly and approachable, you will forge enduring professional relationships with colleagues, residents, and their families. Recognizing the importance of a safe working environment, you possess a meticulous attention to detail and take pride in your work. Equipped with strong communication skills, you are adept at collaborating as part of a team, across various functions and services.

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.

Benefits

• Bank Flexible working patterns to fit around you
• Comprehensive induction (fully paid)
• Free meal (minimum 8 hour shift)
• DBS Check and Uniform provided and paid for by Bupa
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Time Type: Full time Job Area: Care Home - Facilities & Home Support Locations: Richmond Wood Norton

Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.