Optimum Care

Employer Location: DOWN
Phone Number: 02891801198
Email: recruitment@optimumcaregroup.co.uk
Web: www.optimumcaregroup.co.uk

Job description

We are looking for a Domestic Care Assistant to join our Rathmena House team. This is a bank contract and the shifts are from 7:30am to 1.30pm between Monday to Sunday. We are unable to provide Sponsorship for this role.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of efficiency and cleanliness expected within all areas of the Home and in particular their designated cleaning area.
• Ensure that all areas of the Home are cleaned using an organised schedule of work and work in other areas of the Home as requested by the Home Manager.
• Ensure the Residents’/Patients’ confidentiality is maintained at all times and ensure the Residents’/Patients’ privacy, dignity and choice is respected, therefore knock when entering bedrooms, do not clean a room if a Resident/Patient is eating.
• Respect the Residents’/Patients’ personal belongings. Ensure plants are kept watered and flowers are attended to.
• Ensure that all areas to be cleaned daily, weekly etc., are cleaned and if not report to Home Manager/Nurse in charge. Ensure vacant rooms are thoroughly cleaned as soon as they are vacated.
• Report all breakages or broken furniture to Home Manager/Nurse in charge. Report all faulty equipment/repairs/replacements in the Maintenance book. Report all accidents, incidents and near misses to the home Manager/Nurse in charge.
• Update the Home Manager as to deficits in relation to the décor.
• Attend staff meetings as organised by the Home Manager. Attend all required staff training as organised by the Home Manager.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Ability to strictly follow safety and cleaning guidelines (e.g., COSHH regulations).
• Good communication skills for interacting with colleagues and residents.
• Ability to organise your daily workload.

Desirable Skills

• Previous laundry experience in work or in a voluntary setting.
• Experience working within a Nursing Home or similar environment.