Housekeeping Assistant 

A little bit about us  

Located just outside Inverness in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, Daviot Care Home is a welcoming 94-bed home providing nursing, dementia, and specialist mental health care. With a warm family atmosphere, dedicated team, and strong community connections, we're committed to delivering outstanding person-centred care that enables residents to live fulfilling and meaningful lives. To support our colleagues, we also offer a Meallmore colleague bus service, helping make travel to and from work easier and more accessible.

For you, as a Housekeeping Assistant the role involves being responsible for maintaining the highest levels of cleanliness in public areas and bedrooms within the home, you will also be responsible for the wash, dry, iron and put away of laundry. The variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks you carry out will ensure everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy and welcoming environment. This means you’ll have a direct impact on our residents, their visitors and all the colleagues working to support them. 

Salary, £12.76 per hour

Hours, 37.5 hours per week

Your Role and Responsibilities 

• Ensuring that our residents' care home facilities, public areas and rooms are maintained to the highest cleaning standards. 
• You will ideally bring experience from a housekeeping or domestic cleaning role, along with a basic understanding of infection control, COSHH, and compliance standards, however full training will be provided if this role is new to you. 
• Replenish and maintain supplies in both resident rooms and common areas. 
• Communicate effectively with residents and colleagues to address needs and concerns. 

What we are looking for 

• The ability to follow instructions and cleaning schedules, report issues, and work well with others in a professional and courteous manner.  
• Pride in your work, attention to detail, time management, and respectful communication.  
• The ability to work well as part of a team or on your own, demonstrating a kind and caring nature to all within the care home.  

Please note that all job offers are subject to satisfactory references and Disclosure Scotland Scheme Membership (PVG). 

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