Housekeeping Assistant (Bank Hours)

Bupa Global; Southampton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Housekeeping Assistant to join their team in creating a welcoming environment for residents. This role involves maintaining high standards of cleanliness and ensuring residents' comfort through diligent housekeeping practices. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative atmosphere, managing multiple tasks effectively while contributing to the overall well-being of the community. With a commitment to health and well-being, this organization offers a supportive workplace that values diversity and promotes a culture of care. If you are passionate about making a difference in people's lives, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Free meal on every shift

28 days holiday

Sick pay scheme

Interest-free annual travel loan

Access to healthcare products

Wagestream for early wage access

Discounts at gyms and fitness facilities

Qualifications

• Pride in maintaining high cleanliness standards and organized environments.
• Comfortable multitasking and collaborating with teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene in communal areas and residents' rooms.
• Manage housekeeping stocks and report issues to supervisors.

Skills

Multitasking

Attention to Detail

Organizational Skills

Job description

Requisition Title

Housekeeping Assistant (Bank Hours)

Job Number:

KNI00HE

Knights Grove

Thomas Road Southampton

Hampshire SO52 9EW

Salary Amount: £12.80

Housekeeping Assistant (Bank)

Knights Grove Care Home, Thomas Road, North Baddesley, Southampton SO52 9EW

We make health happen

Here at Bupa, we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence, and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

Housekeeping Assistants have a knack for tidying up and a passion for helping others. They make a real difference every day by creating a warm and welcoming environment for our residents. Our care home is a place where every detail counts, and our team works together to ensure our residents feel right at home.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

1. Maintaining high standards of cleanliness within the home, working closely with our other housekeeping and maintenance staff.
2. Ensuring our residents are kept happy by vacuuming, mopping floors, polishing, and generally ensuring the upkeep of all communal areas and our residents' bedrooms.
3. Maintaining housekeeping stocks for day-to-day use and raising any issues to the Housekeeping Supervisor as you go.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

You take pride in ensuring your work is always completed to a high standard and can maintain an organised environment. Often managing multiple requests at once, you’ll be comfortable multitasking and, where necessary, working with other teams to ensure our residents are kept happy in their home.

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role, you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available via one phone number 24/7.
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Free meal on every shift.
• 28 days holiday.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa, we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays, and money!
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site.
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents, and co-parents - find out more on our career site.
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment, and take control of their health.
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.

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.