Senior Housekeeper

Job Title: Senior Housekeeper

Location: Leamington Spa

Salary: 28,288

Hours: 40 hours per week - Day shift/Flexitime/Weekend availability

Benefits:

• Pension scheme
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Your annual holiday entitlement is 5.6 weeks (subject to a maximum of 28 days).

Job Summary:

Situated in a nursing home looking after our residents that suffer with long and enduring illnesses. The Housekeeping staff provide a clean and safe environment to the residents, visitors and staff ensuring that a high standard of cleanliness in line with National Cleaning Standards, infection control and health and safety are met and maintained. The post holder will be expected to work as part of the wider Housekeeping team, providing an integrated and flexible service, and as such may sometimes be required to undertake duties within other areas of the home should the service demand it.

Main duties of the job

• Maintain the required standard of cleaning services following the correct procedure and frequencies
• To undertake cleaning throughout all areas of the home including residents bedrooms, communal areas, toilets, bathrooms & the kitchens
• To report any concerns arising from your duties or any problems with equipment to a senior member of staff
• Undertake a variety of cleaning duties in line with the ward/area/location cleaning schedules
• Operate mechanical cleaning equipment
• Replenish disposables and consumables
• Safely and correctly store cleaning chemicals and equipment
• Carry out specialist cleaning and one-off cleaning duties in line with service requirements
• Assist with laundry duties as and when required
• Make and change beds when required
• Supervise members of the housekeeping team and to ensure that all cleaning records are kept up to date
• Order and manage inventory of cleaning supplies and equipment
• Daily room checks
• Monitor and update all COSHH records
• Ensure that all PPE and cleaning products are ordered as necessary and stored correctly
• Evaluate performance and provide ongoing support to ensure high standards are maintained
• Home based catering duties to ensure in conjunction with care team so that service users are provided with appropriate meals
• Ensure that meals are served in a presentable and timely manner and appropriate cutlery and condiments are supplied
• Assist to ensure dining room area is ready for service and cleared afterwards
• Record waste levels at end of service
• Greet visitors

Person Specification:

• 1 year plus cleaning experience is essential
• Willing to complete all in-house training necessary to own role
• Basic food hygiene certificate is desirable
• Experience of working in the care setting is desirable
• Experience in food preparation and handling is desirable
• Manual handling experience is desirable

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.