Housekeeper

**Introduction**:
Join the housekeeping team at Kingswood House as a Housekeeper and maintain a clean and safe environment for some of the most vulnerable people in society, as well as staff and visitors.

Working 37.5 hours a week, including weekend shifts on a rota basis, you will be part of an environment which has a strong emphasis on teamwork with career opportunities that can see your career grow.

You will be responsible for deep cleaning all areas of the service, including wards, office spaces, bedrooms and visitors area.

**Where you will be working**:
**Location**:
**Green Arbour Road, Thurcroft, S66 9LY**

Kingswood House is a residential service with nursing for adults with a learning disability and/or Autism and a range of associated needs. It’s been designed to meet the needs of the local area for a specialist service to support people with ongoing complex needs and challenging behaviours who are stepping down from hospital or to avoid an inappropriate admission to hospital to enable them to return to their home area.

This small service is made up of six individual apartments which allow people to live in their own home setting and be provided with person centred care, whilst having access to a range of communal facilities to avoid isolation. It’s in the heart of the local community within walking distance of a full range of local facilities and resources.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Carrying out Housekeeping Operations in line with Departmental Procedures
- Using all chemical and machinery in line with Departmental Procedures, Health and Safety Regulations and Manufacturer’s Instructions.
- Ensuring all Housekeeping tasks are achieved around the needs of the patients
- All rooms and corridors under our responsibility must be cleaned, tidied and left ready for use
- Health and Safety Training, Risk Assessments, COSHH Training, Safe Systems of Work, Best Value Rates, Monthly Housekeeping Audits
- Maintaining cleanliness in visitor and training areas as required
- Providing a friendly, co-operative service

**To be successful in this role, you will need**:

- To be an effective team worker
- Ability to use a high degree of initiative
- To be Customer Focused
- Commitment to Service Delivery
- Flexibility and adaptability
- To be Efficient and organised
- To be a supportive Team Worker

**What you will get**:

- Annual salary of £21,548 Plus Benefits
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off
- Free meals & parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, and much more.

**About your next employer**:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.