Head Housekeeper

Macklin Care Homes are currently recruiting an Head House Keeper to join their friendly, caring, and progressive Milesian Manor Nursing Home. This is a vital role within the Home, working as a team to deliver excellent care to much-loved residents.

**Basic Function**:
The Head Housekeeper is responsible for managing the entire housekeeping operation within the nursing home.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Minimum two years experience in a similar role
- Good General Health (medically fit)
- Must have a good command of written and spoken English
- Ability to communicate with the elderly
- Ability to work set hours, flexible to meet the needs of the organisation

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Previous management experience
- Moving and handling of heavy weights

**Skills**:

- Commitment to The Macklin Care Homes Mission, Vision and Core Values
- Core Values - Treat People Really Well, Continuous Development, Trust and Dedication.
- Priorities - Our Teams, Our Residents, Our Community, Our Future
- Ability to deliver a high standard of patient care
- Exceptional organisational skills
- Ability to communicate and listen, ability to work co-operatively with other staff
- Ability to work under pressure and use own initiative
- High standard of personal presentation
- Attention to detail

**About The Role**

**Benefits**:
Working with an Award-winning team with family values
Comprehensive paid induction
Wide variety of training provided
Career development opportunities
Flexibility of shifts
Free car parking* and uniform
Incentives for employee referrals*
Employee Assistance Programme

Discount rates at the Malone Hotel Health and wellbeing initiatives

Team building initiatives
- T&Cs apply

**An Enhanced Access NI Check is required for this post.**
If successful please be aware that we do have a policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders. As per the Access NI Code of Practice Macklin Care Homes also has a policy on the secure handling, use, storage and retention of disclosure information. Copies of these documents along with the Access NI Code of Practice are available upon request by contacting the HR Department.

It is Macklin Care Homes Policy that any existence of a criminal conviction will not necessarily lead to the withdrawal of a job offer, but the failure to disclose all criminal convictions fully and accurately will lead to the withdrawal of the offer.

**Required Criteria**
- Good General Health (medically fit)
- Must have a good command of written and spoken English
- Minimum two years experience in a similar role
- Ability to communicate with the elderly
- Ability to work set hours, flexible to meet the needs of the organisation

**Desired Criteria**
- Previous management experience
- Moving and handling of heavy weights

**Skills Needed**

**About The Company**

Macklin Care Homes, headed by the Macklin family and part of the Macklin Group, have been caring for people for over 30 years. We’ve taken all our experience over all those years to bring the very best of our knowledge and our expertise to you.

We’re experts at what we do.

We’re not just another Care Home, we’re a family first and foremost and we treat everyone we come into contact with as one of our very own.

From staff to residents to relatives to suppliers to the postman - we’re all one big community

We have Six Locations - Park Manor/Belfast, Arlington/Belfast, Our Lady's/Belfast, Milesian Manor/Magherafelt, Ratheane/Coleraine, and Leabank in Ballycastle.

**Company Culture**

Want a job you'll love?

Can you make a real difference to the lives of others? We are looking to recruit great people to work in care and in return, we will bring out the best in you.

At Macklin Care Homes you will work as part of an award-winning team who are valued for their contribution, with opportunities for career development, as well as a friendly and rewarding working environment. If you are a compassionate person who cares with heart we would like to hear from you.

We are proud of our values and unique positive culture that we live each and every day. This is reflective of our relationships with our residents, their relatives, our suppliers and the local community.

**Company Benefits**

As a family-run organisation, we live and breathe our core values of treating people really well, trust, dedication and continuous development.

Once you join us, you not only become a member of the team but a member of our family. Caring with heart is at the core of everything we do - with our residents and team members.

Employee development programs, Free parking, Referral bonus, Long service recognition

**Salary**

£12.22 per hour