Bank Housekeeper

Nazareth Care Ireland; Sligo; On-site; EUR 18,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme

Statutory Sick Pay

Free Parking

Bike to Work scheme

Refer a Friend programme

Uniform provided

Job summary

Nazareth House Sligo is currently looking for kind and caring Housekeeper to join our team to enhance and support the excellent quality of daily life for our residents. If you’re a compassionate, positive person eager to work hard, then this is a job for you.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop or enhance your skills within a supportive environment whilst working with an experienced team of Healthcare Professionals in a diverse, multicultural environment.

Qualifications

• Maintain a clean, tidy and hygienic environment at all times.
• Respect residents' privacy, dignity and independence.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean, tidy and hygienic environment at all times.
• Sitting Rooms, Lounge Areas, Corridors/Entrance Area: move chairs, dust, wash surfaces, empty bins, water plants, vacuum, disinfect telephones and clock-in machine.
• Bathrooms/Toilets and Sluices: clean basins, wash hoist, cleaner baths/showers, clean taps, toilet bowls, sluice, replace refuse bags.
• Residents' Bedrooms: dust, water plants, empty waste, mop floors daily.
• Residents Designated Smoking Area: empty ashtrays, damp dust tables and ashtrays.
• Weekly cleaning rotas are available in each Unit to be filled in and signed.

Job description

Location: On site / Magheraboy, Sligo, Co. Sligo, F91 A243, Ireland
job type: Casual / Part-time
Sector and subsector: Hospitality | Housekeeping
Salary: Negotiable salary

Nazareth House Sligo is registered to accommodate 70 male or female residents who require long-term residential care or who require short-term respite, convalescence, dementia or palliative care.

The nursing home is located in Sligo town and is a short walk from bus services and the train station. The building is divided into two residential unit which accommodate 35 residents each.

Please note this is a bank position, where we offer shifts to you as they become available and you can choose to accept or deny them.

Our core values are Compassion, Respect, Hospitality, Patience, Love, and Justice.

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Statutory Sick Pay
• Free Parking
• Bike to Work scheme
• Refer a Friend programme
• Uniform provided

Nazareth House Sligo is currently looking for kind and caring Housekeeper to join our team to enhance and support the excellent quality of daily life for our residents.

If you’re a compassionate, positive person eager to work hard, then this is a job for you. This is an excellent opportunity to develop or enhance your skills within a supportive environment whilst working with an experienced team of Healthcare Professionals in a diverse, multicultural environment.

Job Description:

Location: Nazareth House, Church Hill, Magheraboy, Sligo

Reporting to: Director of Nursing

Purpose of the job: To maintain a clean, tidy and hygienic environment at all times. Mindful that it is the residents' home; thereby respecting the individual's right to privacy, dignity and independence. All tasks are to be carried out in a courteous, friendly and efficient manner.

Main Responsibilities:

Sitting Rooms, Lounge Areas, Corridors/Entrance Area:

• Move chairs out from walls and dust each one
• Wash water-proof surfaces, i.e. tables, foot-rests, seats, window sills
• Damp dust television screens
• Empty waste bins
• Put fresh water in flowers and dispose of withered ones
• High dust once a week
• Vacuum floors and put chairs back in place
• Disinfect with a damp cloth all telephones & clock-in machine

Nurse's Station

• Clean wash-hand basin
• Dust all surfaces, i.e. desks, cupboards, computer screens, window sills
• Empty all domestic waste

Bathrooms/Toilets and Sluices:

• Remove the chair from the bath hoist and wash with appropriate disinfectant
• Wash the hoist with a damp cloth
• Wash bath and/or shower with an appropriate cleaner
• Wash all hand-basins and taps
• Wash toilet bowls, seats (top & underneath), toilet lids, handles, and door handles
• Wash sluice with appropriate brush & wash down slabs
• Empty bins and replace refuse bags
• Refill toilet holders, disposable towel holders and soap dispensers as required
• High damp-dust once weekly
• Shower curtains to be washed 3 monthly or when soiled

Residents' Bedrooms:

• High dust each room once weekly
• Damp dust bed-side lockers, chairs, window sills daily,
• Put fresh water in flowers and dispose of the withered ones
• Empty all domestic waste and any other bins in room/s.
• Wash and mop all floor surfaces daily, using only hot/lukewarm water

Residents Designated Smoking Area:

• Empty ashtrays as often as necessary, mainly in the morning and evening.
• Damp dust tables and ashtrays. Clean surrounding areas.

Weekly cleaning rotas are available in each Unit to be filled in and signed.

This job description outlines the main functions and responsibilities of the post and is subject to review and amendment according to business needs within Nazareth House.

However, it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the duties involved, consequently, you may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to you from time to time.