Housekeeping Assistant - Bank - Care Home

NHS; Ferndown; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a Bank Housekeeping Assistant to join their team. This role is vital in creating a warm, clean, and welcoming environment for residents, visitors, and staff. You will perform essential housekeeping tasks such as vacuuming, dusting, and mopping, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene. The organization values attention to detail and a caring nature, providing all necessary training to help you succeed. This position offers flexibility and opportunities for personal growth within a supportive team dedicated to high-quality care.

Benefits

Competitive Pay

Flexible Working

Free Learning and Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required, but a caring nature and good practical skills are essential.
• Attention to detail and reliability are important for this role.

Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of housekeeping tasks to maintain a clean and safe environment.
• Ensure communal areas are tidy and assist in cleaning bathrooms.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Caring Nature

Personable Approach

Practical Skills

Reliability

Education

No specific qualifications required

Job description

Housekeeping Assistant - Bank - Care Home

As a Bank Housekeeping Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a warm and homely environment that enables the organisation to meet each resident's unique needs. Keeping the home clean and safe is a key responsibility, which is why this role is so important. The variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks you carry out will ensure everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy and welcoming environment, directly impacting the residents, their visitors and all the staff working to support them.

Main duties of the job

Your duties will include a variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks to ensure the care home maintains a clean, safe and welcoming environment for residents, visitors and staff. This will involve tasks such as vacuuming, dusting, mopping, cleaning bathrooms, and ensuring communal areas are kept tidy. You will need to be reliable, have good attention to detail, and a caring and personable approach to provide the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, operating over 200 care homes across the country. They are committed to providing high-quality, person-centred care and support to residents, with a focus on creating a warm and homely environment. As an employer, Barchester Healthcare offers competitive pay, flexible working, and opportunities for learning and development.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Bank Housekeeping Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a warm and homely environment that enables us to meet each resident's unique needs. Keeping the home clean and safe is no small task, which is why the role of a Bank Housekeeping Assistant is so important. The variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks you carry out will ensure everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy and welcoming environment. This means you'll have a direct impact on our residents, their visitors and all the staff working to support them.

ABOUT YOU To join us as a Bank Housekeeping Assistant you'll need a caring nature, personable approach and good practical skills. Just as importantly, you should be reliable and keen to use your attention to detail to make a positive difference. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.

REWARDS PACKAGE As well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required, but you should have a caring nature, personable approach, and good practical skills. Attention to detail and reliability are also important for this role.

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.