Relief Housekeeper/Kitchen Assistant
Carechoice is one of Ireland’s leading residential homes for the older person. We provide dedicated care, and a safe and welcoming home for all our Residents. Our ethos is to create a home from home for our clients, where they can live life to the full with support and respect, whilst enjoying building relationships with all our staff.
We are now looking for kind and reliable Housekeeping/Kitchen Assistants, to work on a relief basis to assist healthcare assistants during busy periods so flexibility is required. The successful candidate will be part of a team whose aim is to provide excellent standards of cleaning for our clients. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills within our organisation whilst working flexible hours.
A relief panel is required to be available Monday – Sunday from 8.00 to 19.00, rosters are completed on a fortnightly basis.
Vacancies exist in our Homes in Macroom, Clonakilty, Ballynoe and Montenotte.
The Candidate will have:
- Previous experience in a similar role desired, varied across kitchen and housekeeping duties.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Professional, confidential, caring and empathetic nature.
- Be comfortable working in a sometimes challenging environment.
- Have a good level of spoken English.
- Availability to work varied shift patterns, across Monday to Sunday.
Your Job will involve:
- Daily cleaning of the general areas and residents’ rooms within the nursing home, including making residents beds.
- Proper use and storage of cleaning equipment and cleaning solutions.
- Collection and correct disposable of domestic waste.
- Cleaning of spillages as they occur and proper use of wet signs.
- To collect trays, use of dishwasher and maintain a clean and tidy kitchen in the unit.
- To wash up crockery, cutlery etc. as required.
- Set up of trays for meals and assist residents at meal times.
- Wash, dry and iron personal and household items in correct manner.
- Distribution of laundered clothing back to residents.
- Ensure safe work practices are observed and the environment is safe at all times.
- The post will be rotational and flexible according to the needs of the nursing home
What we offer:
- Comprehensive induction training
- Free Garda Vetting
- A rewarding working environment, with support from supervisors and managers
- Competitive rates of pay
- Subsidised meals
- Training & Development opportunities
- Pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme which offers advice and counselling services, for carers and their immediate families
- Free uniform – one tunic paid for per year by Carechoice
- Additional annual leave for years of service
- Annual Christmas bonus – this is based on years of service
- Refer a friend bonus
- Free parking
All employees are expected to honour the privacy of the resident. Respect for the individuality, dignity, autonomy and empowerment of the resident must underpin all activities and interactions undertaken during the course of their duties.
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