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Tenterden House Care Home, Lye Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK
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Job Description:
Housekeeping Supervisor
Location: Tenterden House Care Home - Lye Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 3TN
Salary: £13.40 - £14.40 per hour depending on experience
Contract: Permanent, full time, including alternate weekends
Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.7/10
About Tenterden House Care Home:
Tenterden House provides long and short-stay residential and nursing care. From Parkinson’s, cerebral palsy, MS and other complex and long term conditions, Tenterden House offers care for older people with a wide range of care needs.
Set in 13-acres of beautiful gardens, the home has been skilfully converted to meet residents’ needs without sacrificing any of its Victorian charm. The home offers a warm and homely environment. The home benefits from lots of communal space, indoor and outside space for residents and relatives to enjoy.
Care packages are regularly assessed for developing needs and tailored to palliative, convalescence and respite needs. Working closely with the local hospital, the home also offers a rehabilitation pathway to help improve mobility and independence with visiting occupational therapists and physiotherapists.
They go the extra mile to help residents enjoy their time here. From helping a resident who previously had a stroke to complete a marathon, to putting on social events with their neighbouring Bupa care home, Allington Court.
There’s a real sense of community at the home. The staff work to discover what residents enjoy doing and the home's social calendar is organised around those interests.
We make health happen
Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. Our Housekeeping Supervisors have an eye for detail and a heart for helping others. They believe that a clean and comfortable environment is essential for the well-being of our residents. Our care home is more than just a place to live; it's a community where every detail matters, and every team member makes a difference.
Housekeeping Supervisors ensure that every corner of our care home sparkles. They lead a dedicated team of housekeepers, inspiring them to maintain the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
You’ll have experience in a housekeeping role, always completing work to high standards and take pride in maintaining an organised environment. With strong communication skills, you’ll be able to confidently lead and motivate a team to deliver the best service, but you’ll also be happy working independently, prioritising and delegating tasks amongst your team where necessary. With an approachable and caring nature, you will enjoy getting to know each of our residents as well as working closely with other teams.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
**Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK's Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
Care Home - Facilities & Home SupportLocations:
Tenterden House