Housekeeping Assistant - Bank

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

Job description

This is a temporary Housekeeping Assistant role at Avery Healthcare's care home in Epsom. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining cleanliness and laundry standards to hotel service levels, while treating residents with dignity and respect.

Main duties of the job

As a Housekeeping Assistant, you will work as part of a team to ensure all cleaning and laundry standards are met. This will involve carrying out cleaning duties, understanding cleaning requirements for different surfaces, and respecting residents' personal space. You should have knowledge of health and safety, experience in public setting laundry, and demonstrate compassion and commitment to high-quality service.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees, offering exceptional care across over 100 homes. Avery has a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' and provides a supportive, inspiring environment where staff feel valued and empowered.

Job responsibilities

Your focus as a Housekeeping Assistant will be to work as part of a team, ensuring that all standards of cleanliness and laundry are maintained in the home. You will operate according to our standard operating procedures for housekeeping and laundry, ensuring that hotel service standards are maintained.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out all cleaning duties in accordance with worksheet instructions.
• Understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings and the properties of cleaning materials, ensuring that all areas are well presented and maintained in good condition.
• Ensuring that all residents are treated with dignity and respect and that their personal space and belongings are always respected.

About you

To succeed in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable in all you do.

Our ideal candidate must have:

• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
• Experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents.
• The ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Additional Information

Please note this role will require:

• ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.