Laundry Assistant

Bupa; Bath; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meal on every shift

28 days holiday

Sick pay scheme

Pension plans

Job summary

Bupa’s Shockerwick House Care Home in Bath is seeking a part-time Laundry Assistant. You will be responsible for washing, drying, ironing and repairing resident clothing, while maintaining linen stocks and ensuring a clean, comfortable environment for residents.

The role requires own transport due to the home’s location, with 12 hours per week at £13.30–£14.30 per hour depending on experience. We offer a range of benefits and a supportive team in a historic, community-focused setting.

Qualifications

• Maintaining high standards of laundry and cleanliness
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple requests
• Ability to work with other teams to ensure resident satisfaction

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of laundry within the home
• Washing, drying, ironing and repairing items as needed
• Maintain linen stocks and raise issues to the Senior Housekeeper

Job description

Job Description

Laundry Assistant Location: Shockerwick House Care Home, Lower Shockerwick, Bath BA1 7LL Contract: Permanent – Part Time Hours: 12 hours per week Salary: £13.30 to £14.30 per hour dependent on experience

This role requires you to have your own transport due to the homes location

CQC rating: Good Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.7 / 10

Shockerwick House is an historic building that has been lovingly converted into a care facility, offering nursing and residential care, convalescence, palliative, short stays for a minimum of one week and day care. Shockerwick House is located on the outskirts of Bath’s World Heritage Site. The magnificent 17th century house is set in twelve acres of wheelchair friendly gardens, with an orangery and vegetable plot. The beautifully appointed rooms offer plenty of areas for residents to relax or socialise in. The home has a secure entry and exit system and a 24-hour call system so that residents feel safe and secure. All bedrooms have their own TV and telephone. Special diets are catered for and the home has magnificent, oak-panelled dining rooms. Hot and cold options are included and snacks and drinks are available throughout the day and night. Relaxation sessions, manicures and foot spas are just a few of the many additional benefits of life at Shockerwick House, with arts and crafts and musical afternoons being some of the activities that residents have embraced.

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. Our Laundry Assistants have a passion for keeping things clean and a heart for helping others. They believe that a clean and comfortable environment is essential for the well-being of our residents. Our care home is more than just a place to live; it's a community where every detail matters, and every team member makes a difference.

You’ll help us make health happen by: Always maintaining high standards of laundry within our home. Keeping our resident's looking and feeling great; you will be responsible for washing, drying, ironing and repairing items of clothing as needed. Maintaining linen stocks for day to day use around the home, you'll raise any issues to the Senior Housekeeper 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.

Benefits

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 - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• 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.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• 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.

** Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK's Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.

Time Type: Part time Job Area: Care Home - Facilities & Home Support Locations: Shockerwick House

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. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. 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.