Job Description:
Housekeeping Assistant
Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, SW5 0TU
Bank contract
We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours and working patterns.
We make health happen
Working in our UK support functions you'll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you'll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.
Role Overview
The Housekeeping Assistant will support the Housekeeping Manager in all housekeeping operations and laundry management. You'll ensure the hospital is clean and well maintained and be part of a team that is responsible for delivering an infection free environment; this includes Pennant Mews and Kensington High Street offices.
What you'll do
Prepare rooms for new occupants, including the cleaning of isolation rooms, according to the appropriate housekeeping procedures.
Damp dust and high surfaces, furniture and fittings, to include the use of a safety step ladder where necessary.
Clean sanitary and service areas.
Deep clean rooms between occupants according to the housekeeping procedures.
Collect and dispose of rubbish and soiled linen.
Care for and maintain floors and stairs using appropriate specialist equipment, including scrubbing machines, and buffing machines.
Replenish towels, amenities and disposable items when required.
What you'll bring
Previous cleaning experience ideally with some understanding of infection control.
Good basic education.
A flexible team player who is able to work collaboratively with colleagues. You will have good timekeeping skills and be able to communicate and articulate politely in English.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
Annual leave accrual paid every time you work
Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop led by expert caterers.
Access to preferential rates on Bupa products, such as health assessments, menopause plan and some dental practices
Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
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Cromwell Hospital LondonAt Cromwell Hospital, we have a great team of determined and loyal health care professionals. We’re continually investing in the world’s most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies. That's why patients choose to come to us from across the UK, and more than 100 other countries around the world.
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challenging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
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