Job summary
Housekeeper / Cook - The Nook Hospice, NR14 7PX
Full Time hours per week
WorkingPattern: hours per week, 5 days over 7 working days
Permanent Contract
Salary £23,000 per annum
Enhanced Rates - Weekends, Evenings & Bank Holidays:
1. + 30% Saturdays& Evenings
2. + 60% Sundays& Bank Holiday
Main duties of the job
Are you:
3. A team player and looking for a new challenge?
Do you have:
4. Housekeeping and some catering experience?
The role:
5. Working with a small team to ensure the hospice is kept clean and free from infection. To ensure a quick turnaround of bedrooms at the end of a stay. Wash, dry and iron all laundry used in the hospice including visiting families.
6. To help in the kitchen when required and on special occasions, cover shifts when the cook is on annual leaveor days off.
7. Ensuring that all COSHH regulations are adhered to.
About us
Comprehensive range of benefits:
8. Free onsite parking & subsidised meals at our hospices
9. Pool car provided when working in the community
10. NHS pension - continuation if already contributing
11. Enhanced Annual leave Entitlement - 27 days + 8 UK Bank Holidays
12. Additional holiday purchase scheme
13. AVIVA pension package up to 7% Employer Contribution including Life Assurance
14. Free eye tests & cycle to work scheme
15. Wellbeing support & Employee Assistance Programme
East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH)supports families and cares for children and young people with life threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are extremely proud to say all three of our hospice services were rated OUTSTANDING when last inspected by the Care Quality Commission. This fantastic achievement is due to the commitment and professionalism of our wonderfully dedicated employees and volunteers.
At EACH we are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community, in particular from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds.
EACH is proud to be Investors in People accredited.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:To provide an efficient, cost effective Housekeeping and Catering service for The Nook Hospice.
Housekeeping Responsibilities:
Carry out cleaning duties as laid down in the Hospice cleaning schedule, and as instructed by the Facilities Site Manager or Care Service Manager.
Wash, dry and iron clothes, bed linen, towels and soft furnishings using the hospice laundry. If required, to arrange specialist external cleaners for complex tasks.
Ensure that all cleaning materials are stored as directed
Understand Regulations, and ensure that only the cleaning products listed are used.
Inform the Facilities Site Manager when stocks of cleaning materials are running low.
Liaise with the Facilities Site Manager to ensure that Department of Health guidelines on cleaning standards are adhered to.
Catering Responsibilities:
Prepare and serve foods when required, under the direction of the lead Cook adhering to guidelines and regulations with reference to food handling / hygiene and preparation. This will include day-to-day meals within the hospice, sandwiches and other foods when required for special events. You will be covering the kitchen and cooking the main meal in the Cooks absence, days off, annual leave and sickness.
Ensure specialised planned menus are adhered to.
Take responsibility for maintaining the cleanliness of the kitchen, and ensuring that the cleaning schedule is adhered to.
Take responsibility for health and safety matters in the kitchen, and to comply with current food hygiene regulations.
Ensure that systems such as refrigerator temperature monitors, and food labelling are carried out at all times.
Supervise volunteers, if required.
All duties are shared on a rota basis with other members of the Housekeeping/Catering team, providing 7 day cover.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
16. Experience as a Cleaner/housekeeper and Catering Assistant
Qualifications
Essential
17. N/A
Desirable
18. Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Other Requirements
Essential
19. Full clean UK driving licence
20. Own transport
Skills & Abilities
Essential
21. Ability to prepare basic meals;
22. Experience and ability to meet food hygiene requirements;
23. Planning and organisational skills.
Personal Attributes
Essential
24. Self-motivating
25. Ability to work independently
26. High standard of communication and interpersonal skills
27. Good team worker
28. Flexible approach to working hours