Laundry & Housekeeping Assistant
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £11.53 – £11.55/hour Superb benefits
We have an excellent opportunity for a Laundry & Housekeeping Assistant to join our clients residential and respite care team at their outstanding CQC care home in West Wickham.
About the Role
As Laundry & Housekeeping Assistant, you will work across multiple teams by providing support on a day to day to basis and your responsibilities will include:
Laundry
To ensure an efficient daily laundry service for residents’ personal clothing and occasional other care home linen. To collect items in a timely manner, liaising with the nursing and care staff, residents’ personal laundry from each occupied residents’ room
Ensure that infected clothing is treated separately from soiled clothing, from the receptacles used for its collection, to the separation, sluicing and laundering of said items
Launder residents’ personal clothing items, in accordance with the cleaning advice labels and manufacturer labels and to sort laundered personal items and return them to the correct rooms
Keep the laundry and surrounding areas clean and orderly at all times, ensuring that soiled and laundered items do not come into contact with the floor, or with each other
Follow health and safety at work and infection control procedures as directed by the Registered Nurse in Charge or Home Manager
Domestic
Provide a quality housekeeping service to all residents in a polite and courteous manner and ensure the highest standards of cleanliness throughout the care home
Carry out housekeeping duties with sensitive regard for resident and patient rights to dignity and privacy and to ensure that soiled linen is collected, laundered and returned to linen store cupboards
Launder residents’ personal clothing items, separate from linen and in accordance with manufacturer labels
Sort laundered personal items and return them to the correct rooms
Keep the laundry clean and orderly at all times, ensuring that soiled and laundered items do not come into contact with the floor, or with each other
Follow health and safety at work and infection control procedures as directed by the Registered Nurse in Charge
Kitchen
Assist in the efficient running and maintenance of the catering department
Maintain impeccable standards of hygiene
Ensure high quality preparation of food and service
Work as part of a team
Work with all the kitchen staff in the preparation, storage and serving of food
Participate in staff meetings and training sessions and identify personal training needs
Ensure that the Health and Safety policy of the home is followed at all times
Undertake kitchen duties as directed by the Head Chef or Assistant Chef
About the rewards
As a Laundry & Housekeeping Assistant you will receive an excellent salary of £11.53 per hour and is a 35 hour contract role plus you will receive a superb range of benefits including:
26 & 8 statutory days annual leave entitlement
Life Assurance Benefits
Cycle to work scheme
Referral Scheme up to £1000
Occupational Health Support
Health and Wellbeing Programme
GP consultations, Mental Health Treatment, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and counselling
Discounted Gym Membership
50% off a coffee from every week from Café Nero
75% off Champneys Spa breaks.
Subsidised Apple Watches and Amazon Prime membership and discount on hotel bookings with Expedia
Long Service Award Vouchers
Employee Assistance Programme
Paid Enhanced DBS
Inhouse Mental Health First Aiders
Eye Test Vouchers
Eligible for Blue Light Card
Free Parking
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Policy
How to Apply
Please note that eRecruitSmart is advertising the role of Laundry & Housekeeping Assistant on behalf of the Hiring Company and your CV will be sent to the Hiring Manager who is responsible for the vacancy that you have applied to. Please only apply if you consent to these terms.
You must have eligibility to work in the UK. Please note, only suitable applicants will be contacted. If your address and contact details are not on your CV, you will not be considered.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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