Housekeeping Assistant - Bank

Bupa; Letcombe Regis; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid breaks

Excellent Bupa benefits

Bank contract - flexible hours

Job summary

Bupa's Richmond Villages Letcombe Regis in Oxfordshire is recruiting a part-time Housekeeping Assistant to maintain high cleaning standards across the care home and communal areas.

You'll operate cleaning equipment, handle resident laundry and report safety hazards. The role offers flexible hours with bank contract terms and paid breaks, supporting residents to live in a clean, safe, and welcoming environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in housekeeping or domestic cleaning.
• Basic infection control knowledge and COSHH compliance.
• Friendly, approachable; ability to communicate with residents and families.
• Attention to detail and ability to work in a team.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Housekeeping experience

Infection control knowledge

COSHH awareness

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

Housekeeping Assistant

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

£12.90 per hour

Paid breaks and excellent Bupa benefits

Bank Contract - Flexible hours, only picking up shifts that suit your availability

At Bupa, we offer essential support when it matters most.

Richmond Villages Letcombe Regis 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 9.6 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.

• 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.

Time Type: Part time Job Area: Care Home - Facilities & Home Support Locations: Richmond Letcombe Regis Village

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. 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.