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Housekeeping Assistant - Bank - Care Home

NHS

Job Description

Job summary

As a Bank Housekeeping Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll play a crucial role in creating a warm and homely environment for residents. Your attention to detail and practical skills will ensure the home is kept clean, safe, and welcoming for everyone. This is a flexible, rewarding position that offers opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Housekeeping Assistant, you'll be responsible for a variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks that help maintain a clean, tidy, and welcoming environment in the care home. Your duties will have a direct impact on the comfort and well-being of the residents, their visitors, and the staff. You'll need a caring nature, personable approach, and good practical skills to thrive in this role. Reliability and attention to detail are also essential. Barchester Healthcare will provide the necessary training to help you succeed.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading independent providers of health and social care. They operate a network of care homes and other healthcare facilities across the country, delivering high-quality, personalized care to their residents. Barchester is committed to creating a supportive and inclusive work environment that enables its employees to grow and develop their skills.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Bank Housekeeping Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a warm and homely environment that enables us to meet each resident's unique needs. Keeping the home clean and safe is no small task, which is why the role of a Bank Housekeeping Assistant is so important. The variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks you carry out will ensure everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy and welcoming environment. This means you'll have a direct impact on our residents, their visitors and all the staff working to support them.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Bank Housekeeping Assistant you'll need a caring nature, personable approach and good practical skills. Just as importantly, you should be reliable and keen to use your attention to detail to make a positive difference. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • No specific qualifications are required for this role, but a caring nature, attention to detail, and a commitment to providing excellent customer service are essential.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Cirencester

GL7 5DT

Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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