Housekeeper
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices
The closing date is 28 April 2025
Job summary
Housekeeper
* Internally titled Housekeeper/Cook *
Salary: £23,000 per annum
Location: EACH Treehouse Hospice, IP3 8NS
Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week worked as 4 days
Permanent
Enhanced Rates - Weekends, Evenings & Bank Holidays
- +30% Saturdays and Evenings
- +60% Sundays and Bank Holidays
Main duties of the job
Are you:
- A team player and looking for a new challenge?
Do you have:
- Housekeeping and catering experience?
The role:
- Working with a small team to ensure the hospice is kept clean and free from infection. To ensure a quick turnaround of bedrooms at the end of a stay. Wash, dry and iron all laundry used in the hospice including visiting families.
- To help in the kitchen when required and on special occasions, cover shifts when the cook is on annual leave or days off.
- Ensuring that all COSHH regulations are adhered to.
About us
Comprehensive range of benefits:
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Free
onsite parking & subsidised meals at our hospices
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Pool
car provided when working in the community
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Employee
health cash plan & wellbeing support schemes
-
NHS
pension - continuation if already contributing
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Enhanced
Annual leave Entitlement - 27 days + 8 UK Bank Holidays
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Additional
holiday purchase scheme
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AVIVA
pension package up to 7% Employer Contribution including Life Assurance
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Free
eye tests & cycle to work scheme
East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) supports families and cares
for children and young people with life threatening conditions across
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.
At EACH we believe in fostering a workplace where every individual
feels valued and respected. We are committed to building a culture of
inclusion where differences are embraced. We are actively seeking talent
from all walks of life, recognising that diversity drives innovation,
creativity and success.
Join us on a journey to create a more inclusive workplace, where
everyone has equal opportunities to grow, contribute and succeed. We welcome
candidates from all backgrounds to apply for opportunities at EACH and
adjustments will be made to facilitate the application and selection
process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Carry out cleaning duties as laid down in the Hospice cleaning schedule, and as instructed by the Senior Housekeeper, Facilities Site Manager, Care Manager or Service Manager.
- Wash, dry and iron clothes, bed linen, towels and soft furnishings using the hospice laundry. If required, to arrange specialist external cleaners for complex tasks.
- Ensure that all cleaning materials are stored as directed.
- Understand C.O.S.H.H. Regulations, and ensure that only the cleaning products listed are used.
- Inform the Senior Housekeeper when stocks of cleaning materials are running low.
- Liaise with the Senior Housekeeper to ensure that Department of Health guidelines on cleaning standards are adhered to.
- In certain limited circumstances, assist the cook/chef with some catering or cleaning duties.
- Take responsibility for maintaining the cleanliness of the kitchen, and ensuring that the cleaning schedule is adhered to.
- Supervise volunteers, if required.
- Undertake any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, the title of the post and its grading, as requested by your line manager or his/her higher level of authority.
- All duties are shared on a rota basis with other members of the Housekeeping team, providing 7 day cover.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Carry out cleaning duties as laid down in the Hospice cleaning schedule, and as instructed by the Senior Housekeeper, Facilities Site Manager, Care Manager or Service Manager.
- Wash, dry and iron clothes, bed linen, towels and soft furnishings using the hospice laundry. If required, to arrange specialist external cleaners for complex tasks.
- Ensure that all cleaning materials are stored as directed.
- Understand C.O.S.H.H. Regulations, and ensure that only the cleaning products listed are used.
- Inform the Senior Housekeeper when stocks of cleaning materials are running low.
- Liaise with the Senior Housekeeper to ensure that Department of Health guidelines on cleaning standards are adhered to.
- In certain limited circumstances, assist the cook/chef with some catering or cleaning duties.
- Take responsibility for maintaining the cleanliness of the kitchen, and ensuring that the cleaning schedule is adhered to.
- Supervise volunteers, if required.
- Undertake any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, the title of the post and its grading, as requested by your line manager or his/her higher level of authority.
- All duties are shared on a rota basis with other members of the Housekeeping team, providing 7 day cover.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Cleaner/Housekeeper
Other Requirements
Desirable
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- High standard of cleanliness to meet Department of Health and infection control requirements Ability to identify and respond to unexpected priorities as they occur. Planning and organisational skills.
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Cleaner/Housekeeper
Other Requirements
Desirable
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- High standard of cleanliness to meet Department of Health and infection control requirements Ability to identify and respond to unexpected priorities as they occur. Planning and organisational skills.
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
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.
