Housekeeping Assistant

**Job Title: House Keeping Assistant**
**Location: Milesian Manor Lifestyle Care Home, Magherafelt**
**Reporting: Domestic Supervisor / Deputy Nurse Manager / Nurse Manager**

**Basic Function**:
To maintain a high standard of cleanliness throughout the Home and comply with all infection control measures operating within the Home under the Nursing Home minimum standards. To work within the Housekeeping, Laundry and Kitchen Departments as and when required.

**Essential Criteria**:
Must have a good command of written and spoken English and a valid work permit
Ability to communicate with the elderly
Ability to work set hours, flexible to meet the needs of the organization
Good General Health (medically fit)

**Desirable Criteria**:
Previous experience in a similar position
Moving and handling of heavy weights
Experience of ironing and sewing

**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

**A satisfactory enhanced AccessNI check will be 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 fully and accurately disclose all criminal convictions will lead to the withdrawal of the offer

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £11.55 per hour

Work Location: In person