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Housekeeper

Job Type

Full Time or Part Time

Location

Schoen Clinic York

About the Role

As a Housekeeper at Schoen Clinic York you will provide a housekeeping service to our services, maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the Unit, using approved cleaning materials, and adhering to infection control, and health and safety policies.


This is a permanent position working on a shift basis across 5 days per week 7am - 7pm


Key Accountabilities


  • Provide laundry services (Inc. washing, drying, and ironing) for site linen, patient clothes, catering services and soft furnishings.

  • Collect used laundry from each unit ensuring infection prevention control steps are taken.

  • Ensure patient clothing is individually labelled and packed per patient.

  • Responsible for the stock take and monitoring of all cleaning and laundry products to meet COSHH guidance.

  • Clean floor areas by means of vacuuming, mopping, buffing and spray cleaning.

  • Removal of rubbish from designated areas to correct disposal point.

  • Clean sanitary areas, including toilets, sinks, shower cubicles, baths.

  • Damp dust all surfaces, ledges, shelves and curtain rails.

  • Clean internal glass, including windows, mirrors and other reflective surfaces.

  • Clean chairs, tables and carpets where necessary.

  • Maintain high standards of cleanliness and laundry services at all times. Carry out spot cleaning and spillage management as required, in line with infection control policies.

  • Report any issues of concern to General Manager.

  • Ensure that all equipment is safe and maintained and any defects are reported to line management.

Skills & requirements

You will have experience of working within a similar role as a Domestic Assistant or Housekeeper within a front facing environment such as hospitals, healthcare or hospitality. You will have experience of providing laundry and cleaning services and knowledge of COSHH, awareness of good hygiene standards, infection control and the ability to work within health and safety guidelines

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Details

Location

Schoen Clinic York


Contract Type

Permanent


Working Pattern

Full Time or Part Time, 37.5 hours per week / 20 hours per week


Salary

£24,903 per annum, depending on experience (pro rata for part-time applicants)


Benefits


You will have access to a wide range of benefits which include (but not limited to):


  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays, which increases with the length of service

  • Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

  • Paid emergency leave

  • Professional development opportunities so that you can build your career with us

  • Contributory pension scheme with Royal London

  • Private Medical Insurance with BUPA including access to a private GP service, free screening, and the inclusion of pre-existing conditions.

  • Dental Cover

  • Recognition schemes for employees

  • Eye care scheme with Specsavers

  • Online benefits portal with high street and online shopping discounts

  • Winter flu jabs

  • ​EAP assistance on a range of topics and concerns

About your future team

The Schoen Clinic Group (schoen-klinik.de) was founded in 1985 and has since developed into Germany's fifth-largest privately-owned hospital group, with 12,000 employees. It currently treats around 300,000 patients annually at 16 hospitals and 30 outpatient and day-clinic facilities in Germany and the UK. The group also includes the leading online telemedicine clinic: MindDoc.


Schoen Clinic entered the UK healthcare market in 2017, providing award-winning, expert-led healthcare specialising only in certain areas of medicine – mental health, complex dementia care and eating disorders at Schoen Clinic Chelsea, and Schoen Clinic York.

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