Domestic Assistant

Haddington Care Home is looking to recruit a Domestic Assistant.

Situated on the banks of the River Tyne in the Royal Burgh of Haddington, a small popular market town in East Lothian, Haddington Care Home offers exceptional levels of nursing, residential and dementia care. Purpose-built in 2018 and spread across three floors, Haddington has all of the home comforts you would expect from a luxury facility, with a real attention to detail when it comes to meeting each resident’s individual needs.

As Domestic Assistant, you will maintain the cleanliness of the environment and to ensure that hygiene standards are met in line with company procedures and statutory requirements.

**Domestic Assistant Contract**
- £9.50 per hour
- 33 hours per week
- Pension
- 6.4 weeks annual leave
- Uniform provided
- PVG paid

**Duties**
- Provide a domestic cleaning service within the care home to the standards set down by company policy, best practice.
- Undertake all hygienic work practices in relation to the care home environment
- Clean and protect a variety of floor surfaces
- Clean furniture, furnishing, fixtures and fittings.
- Clean sanitary fixtures and fittings and replenish sundries
- To remove refuse.
- Clean vertical surfaces without the use of access equipment
- Assist with the daily well-being of all residents and helping to establish them within their new environment.
- Ensure laundry services are effective, working in line with guidance and expectations
- Ensure laundry and personal possessions of residents is safe and returned to them, label as directed
- Ensure Health and Safety, infection prevention and control and fire safety within the laundry and wider care environment
- Ensure safe operating systems are in place in the laundry and follow these
- Work with other staff to ensure the laundry service is effective.

Haddington is all about feeling at home and part of a community where you are supported and cared for in order to live life to the fullest. If you think you can help contribute to our fantastic home, and take advantage of an opportunity to develop your skills and experience in care, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Please submit your CV to our recruitment team.

Good luck.

CCGGEN