Housekeeping Assistant - Bank - Care Home

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

As a Bank Housekeeping Assistant at a leading healthcare provider, you'll play a vital role in maintaining a clean and welcoming environment for residents in a care home. This flexible position requires a caring nature, practical skills, and attention to detail, with training provided to help you succeed.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Flexibility in work hours

Free learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications required, but essential skills include a caring nature and attention to detail.
• Barchester Healthcare will provide necessary training.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean and safe environment for residents, visitors, and staff.
• Variety of housekeeping tasks to create a welcoming atmosphere.

Skills

Caring nature

Personable approach

Good practical skills

Attention to detail

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 care home to meet each resident's unique needs. Keeping the home clean and safe is an important task, and the variety of housekeeping and cleaning duties you carry out will ensure everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy and welcoming environment.

Main duties of the job

The role of a Bank Housekeeping Assistant involves a variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks to maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for the residents, visitors, and staff. You will need a caring nature, personable approach, and good practical skills, as well as attention to detail to make a positive difference. The bank position offers flexibility, with hours and days varying to provide cover as needed, such as for annual leave or sick leave.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading providers of healthcare services, operating care homes and supporting independent living. They are committed to providing high-quality care and creating a positive environment for their residents, with a focus on the growth and development of their employees.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs 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 YOUTo 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 PACKAGEAs 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 a caring nature, personable approach, and good practical skills are essential. Barchester Healthcare will provide all the necessary training to help you thrive in the 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.