Housekeeping Assistant

Job Overview

Join Bupa UK at Green Gates Care Home located in Oxford as a Housekeeping Assistant, contributing to a supportive, clean, and welcoming environment for our residents. This permanent full-time position involves a 40-hour workweek with alternating weekends off, where you will play a key role in maintaining the home’s high cleanliness standards, ensuring residents enjoy a comfortable and safe living space.

Key Duties

• Maintain and uphold cleanliness across all communal areas and residents' bedrooms through thorough vacuuming, mopping, polishing, and general housekeeping.
• Manage housekeeping supplies and promptly communicate stock needs or concerns to the Housekeeping Supervisor.
• Collaborate effectively with housekeeping colleagues and maintenance teams to ensure upkeep and resident satisfaction.

Required Attributes and Skills

Successful applicants take pride in their work quality and organizational skills, demonstrating the ability to multitask and manage several requests simultaneously while fostering teamwork with other departments to keep residents content.

Compensation and Benefits

The role offers wages ranging from £13.10 to £14.10 per hour, based on experience, accompanied by an array of benefits designed to support physical, mental, financial, social, and environmental wellbeing:

• Access to My Healthcare offering 24/7 remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support.
• An annual health product allowance valued at approximately £350.
• Enhanced sick pay scheme supplementing statutory benefits for longer absences.
• Complimentary meal provided each shift.
• 28 days of holiday entitlement.
• Recognition and rewards for long service milestones including extra leave and financial bonuses.
• Interest-free loan to purchase annual public transport season tickets.
• Early wage access through Wagestream service.
• Various Bupa pension schemes.
• Parental leave provisions for birth, adoption, and co-parents.
• A menopause support plan empowering women’s health decisions.
• Discounts at numerous gyms and fitness centers nationwide.

About Bupa

Bupa operates without shareholders, focusing solely on customers and enhancing lives through health services and insurance. We uphold values of bravery, care, and responsibility and promote inclusivity by encouraging applications from diverse candidates. Recognized as a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer, Bupa guarantees reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment for applicants with disabilities.