Head Housekeeper

About Our Home:

Lynwood Care Centre is a warm and welcoming purpose-built nursing home offering a spacious and comfortable environment and 24-hour care and support for older adults. Our home is divided into several smaller ‘houses,’ where our staff really get know their residents, allowing for a more personalised approach to the care we provide.

This role is for full time Head Housekeeper to join our team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensuring that all records relating to housekeeping including cleaning schedules are completed daily
• Organising Domestic Staff with the daily duties which includes: -
• The vacuuming of rooms and corridors and emptying all waste bins
• Cleaning the glass and mirrors
• Dusting
• Sweeping and mopping floor surfaces
• Cleaning the bathrooms and toilets, with particular attention to guidelines for the control of germs and infestation
• Clean areas as assigned
• To clean all allocated rooms including furniture, fittings, fabric, carpets and equipment
• Ensure that rooms are odour free
• To be aware of the health and safety statement of the COSHH statement
• To report any malfunction of equipment or fittings that require maintenance or cannot be kept to standard through normal cleaning procedures
• To report any cleaning materials that need replacing to the appropriate person
• Keep your cleaning area and space clean and tidy at all times and your cleaning materials safely stored
• To deal with the waste bags and their prescribed disposal
• Be familiar with the required care standards regulations governing your job including infection control

What we can offer you:

• From £14.50 per hour
• Employee of the Month
• Long term service awards
• Blue Light Card
• Professional Development
• Refer a Friend