Housekeeping Assistant - Bank

Richmond Villages; Letcombe Regis; On-site; GBP 14,661 - 20,880; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid breaks

Bupa benefits

Job summary

A luxury retirement living provider in Letcombe Regis is seeking a part-time Assistant to maintain cleaning standards for resident facilities. The ideal candidate will have previous housekeeping experience and a commitment to creating a safe and welcoming environment. This role includes varied tasks like laundry, cleaning, and ensuring health standards compliance. Strong communication and teamwork skills are essential. The position offers flexible hours and Bupa benefits, making it a rewarding opportunity in a caring community.

Qualifications

• Experience from a housekeeping or domestic cleaning role.
• Basic understanding of infection control and compliance standards.
• Ability to forge professional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Ensure maintenance of the highest cleaning standards.
• Operate vacuum cleaners and floor polishers.
• Wash, dry, and iron residents' clothing and bedding.

Skills

Housekeeping experience

Basic infection control knowledge

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Assistant

Richmond Villages Letcombe Regis, South Street, Oxfordshire, OX12 9RG

£12.90 per hour with paid breaks and Bupa benefits

Bank Contract – flexible hours, choose shifts that suit you

We make health happen. At Bupa, we offer essential support when it matters most. Richmond Villages Letcombe Regis provides luxury retirement living with personalised 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 9.6 out of 10.

Housekeeping Assistant – Job Description

Richmond Villages Letcombe Regis, South Street, Oxfordshire, OX12 9RG.

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 COSHH 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. Recognising 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.

Time Type

Part time

Job Area

Care Home – Facilities & Home Support

Locations

Richmond Letcombe Regis Village