Agincare

Housekeeper

The closing date is 07 May 2026

Job summary

The Housekeeper role at the Nightingale care home in Derby offers a rewarding career where you can make a real difference. As part of the welcoming and specialized support team, you will be responsible for ensuring the cleanliness and safety of the communal areas, as well as providing companionship to the residents. This is a great opportunity for those new to care or looking for a new challenge away from hospitality and retail.

Main duties of the job

As a Housekeeper at the Nightingale care home, your key responsibilities will include: ensuring the communal areas are kept clean and safe for residents and employees, thoroughly dusting, polishing, and vacuuming residents' bedrooms, and collaborating with the home management team to maintain high standards of hygiene and cleanliness. You will also provide support, communication, and engagement to the residents.

About us

Agincare Homes Holdings is a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities and is committed to supporting care leavers and the armed forces community.

Details

Date posted

08 March 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.25 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

1470360978

Job locations

Agincare Homes Holdings

Derby

DE23 1RJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference?Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at Nightingale care home?

You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge away from hospitality and retail

Come and join the Agincare family as aHousekeeper!

Where you'll be working

  • Click here to view the care home: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/derby/nightingale-care-nursing-home/?utm_source=Online&utm_medium=google&utm_campaign=nightingalegooglebusinessprofile&utm_term=gbp&utm_content=nightingale

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

  • £12.25 per hour
  • Refer a friend scheme up to£1000
  • Outstanding career development
  • Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
  • Blue Light Care discount package
  • Company pension scheme
  • On demand pay

What is required from you?

  • A minimum of 12 months on your right to work
  • Opportunities Available:
  • Full time at 40 hours per week, this role includes working alternative weekends
  • Full time at 36 hours per week - maternity cover, this role includes working alternative weekends
  • Part time at 18 hours per week, this role includes working alternative weekends

A day in the life of a Housekeeper

  • Communal cleaning ensure the communal areas are kept clean and safe for residents and employees
  • Domestic tasks -dust, polish and vacuum residents bedrooms thoroughly and ensuring use of appropriate warning signs when required
  • Collaboration - work closely with the home management team to ensure the home meets the standards of hygiene and cleanliness
  • Companionship- Provide support, communication and engagement to residents.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.

As a signatory of theCare Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation.We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services areregulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers

*Refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions

DERSP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference?Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at Nightingale care home?

You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge away from hospitality and retail

Come and join the Agincare family as aHousekeeper!

Where you'll be working

  • Click here to view the care home: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/derby/nightingale-care-nursing-home/?utm_source=Online&utm_medium=google&utm_campaign=nightingalegooglebusinessprofile&utm_term=gbp&utm_content=nightingale

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

  • £12.25 per hour
  • Refer a friend scheme up to£1000
  • Outstanding career development
  • Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
  • Blue Light Care discount package
  • Company pension scheme
  • On demand pay

What is required from you?

  • A minimum of 12 months on your right to work
  • Opportunities Available:
  • Full time at 40 hours per week, this role includes working alternative weekends
  • Full time at 36 hours per week - maternity cover, this role includes working alternative weekends
  • Part time at 18 hours per week, this role includes working alternative weekends

A day in the life of a Housekeeper

  • Communal cleaning ensure the communal areas are kept clean and safe for residents and employees
  • Domestic tasks -dust, polish and vacuum residents bedrooms thoroughly and ensuring use of appropriate warning signs when required
  • Collaboration - work closely with the home management team to ensure the home meets the standards of hygiene and cleanliness
  • Companionship- Provide support, communication and engagement to residents.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.

As a signatory of theCare Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation.We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services areregulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers

*Refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions

DERSP

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A minimum of 12 months on your right to work is required for this role.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A minimum of 12 months on your right to work is required for this role.

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

Agincare

Address

Agincare Homes Holdings

Derby

DE23 1RJ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Agincare

Address

Agincare Homes Holdings

Derby

DE23 1RJ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Agincare Homes Holdings

Recruitment@agincare.com

Details

Date posted

08 March 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.25 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

1470360978

Job locations

Agincare Homes Holdings

Derby

DE23 1RJ


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