Housekeeper

Joining the facilities team, the purpose of this position to maintain the hospice to highest standards. Completing day to day cleaning tasks as well as more detailed deep cleans, this role will work ensure the site is kept clean for all service users as well as ensuring excellent hygiene to prevent spread of infection.

As this position will be in contact with service users, you will need to be a friendly individual who is confident in sensitive situations, you will also be subject to a DBS check.

Main duties of the job

To clean the hospice to the highest standards to ensure a pleasing appearance, and to prevent the spread of infection.

Responsibility Areas

• Cleaning of all areas (internal and external) of St Michaels Hospice


• De-contamination of furniture and the premises as required


• Deep cleaning of rooms as required


• Occasional maintaining of toilets and local drains in en-suites. (Unblocking as required)


• Changing linen (including curtains) and controlling stocks
  
  St Michael's Hospice is nestled in the stunning Herefordshire countryside, in a state-of-the-art facility. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, a transferrable NHS pension or you can enrol onto our own Hospice pension. We offer Life Assurance, a superb working environment and facility, generous study leave allowance, discounts with local suppliers, individualised training needs analysis, advanced communication skills training, employee counselling service, free tea & coffee, a friendly & welcoming work environment and 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.


We are one of the top 100 best not for profit organisations to work for and have been caring to make a difference, to patients living with a terminal illness and their families, across Herefordshire and beyond for nearly 40 years