Domestic Assistant

Burnview Healthcare - Marina

Magherafelt

**Burnview Healthcare** is a group of family run care homes which specialises in Dementia, Nursing, Residential, and Day care. Our emphasis is on creating a caring and secure environment where our residents know that they are ‘Living Amongst Friends.

Working as part of a team all our employees play a vital role in ensuring our residents are well cared for whilst promoting a positive and enjoyable working environment. In return, we offer our employees competitive rates of pay, full training both online and in person, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

We are currently recruiting for a **Domestic Assistant** to carry out domestic cleaning duties in the Home, and to do so regularly without supervision. To keep the Home’s environment clean, tidy and well maintained.

**Salary Range based on Age**:

- 18-20 £9.30
- 21+ £10.42

Important Information

Location: Marina, Marina Care Home, Shore Road, Ballyronan, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, BT45 6JA

Date Posted: 8th June 2023

Closing Date: 30th June 2023

Industry: Healthcare

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: From £9.30p/h to £10.42p/h

**About the role**:
**Main Duties and Responsibilities**

1. To carry out all aspects of cleaning as required.

2. To mop, vacuum and polish as necessary to ensure all floors are clean.

3. To carry out carpet cleaning as required.

4. To clean and tidy bathroom and toilet areas as required.

5. To polish furniture and fittings as required.

6. To clean and polish windows interiors, window ledges and doors regularly.

7. To replenish toilet rolls, soap and paper towels and provide feedback on stock levels as necessary.

**Communication**:
8. Participate in Staff and Resident meetings as and when required.

**Training & Development**:
9. Attend mandatory training days/courses, on of off site, as and when required.

**Health and Safety**:
10. Report immediately to the Nurse manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Resident, colleague, self or another.

11. Understand, and ensure the implementation of, the Nursing Home’s Health and Safety Policy, and Emergency and Fire procedure.

12. Report to the Nurse Manager or Maintenance person, any faulty appliances, damaged furniture, equipment or any potential hazard.

13. Promote safe working practice within the Nursing Home.

**General**:
14. Promote and ensure the good reputation of the Nursing Home.

15. Ensure that all information of confidential nature gained in the course of duty is not divulged to third parties.

16. Notify the Nurse manager, or the Person in Charge, as soon as possible of your inability to report for duty, and also on your return to work from all periods of absence.

17. Ensure the security of the Nursing Home is maintained at all times.

18. Adhere to all Company policies and procedures within the defined time scales.

19. Ensure all equipment is clean and well maintained.

20. Carry out any other tasks that may be reasonably assigned to you.

**This Job Description indicates only the main duties and responsibilities of the post. It is not intended as an exhaustive list.**

**Burnview Healthcare reserves the right to amend this job description from time to time, according to business needs. Any changes will be confirmed in writing. Please note that you share with Burnview Healthcare the responsibility for making suggestions to alter the scope of your duties and improve the effectiveness of you post.**

What you will need

Required criteria
- Genuine interest in cleaning and a desire to always maintain a neat and tidy environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
- Right to live and work in the UK
- Team player

Desired criteria
- Relevant knowledge on COSHH.
- Experience of working within a similar sector

**Professional skills you’ll need for this job opportunity**:
**Establishing Rapport With Clients**:
**Ability to Identify and Anticipate needs**:
**Cleaning Skills**:
**Initiative**:
**Burnview Healthcare**:
Burnview Healthcare specialises in Dementia, Nursing, Residential and Day care with homes in four locations in Northern Ireland. As family run care homes our emphasis is on creating a caring and secure environment where all our residents know that they are ‘Living Amongst Friends’.

In all our homes we aim to care for our residents in a way that promotes independence and autonomy whilst giving each resident the surety that we are there to care and assist with their individual needs. Being family run with nursing experience we pride ourselves in being active in the operation of our care homes. We have high standards and are driven along with our management team of highly experienced health care professionals to lead our excellent staff in providing the optimum in resident care. We pride ourselves in adhering to the principles of accountability, involvement and communication and as such operate an