Job summary
Housekeeper / Cook
EACH Milton Hospice, CB24 6AB
Full-time - hours per week
* Working Flexible hours (7am - 3pm, Monday to Friday with days off in the week to accommodate 2 out of 4 weekend coverage) *
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
9. Enhanced Annual leave Entitlement - 27 days + 8 UK Bank Holidays
10. Additional holiday purchase scheme
11. AVIVA pension package up to 7% Employer Contribution
12. NHS pension - continuation of if already contributing
13. Free Eye Tests
14. Cycle to work scheme
15. Employee Assistance Programme
East Anglia's Children's Hospices supports families and cares for children and young people with life threatening conditions across East Anglia.
At EACH, we are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community and from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds. EACH is also committed to the recruitment and retention of people with disabilities.
EACH is proud to be Investors in People accredited.
EACH reserves the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
This post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group.
EACH has a legal responsibility to ensure that its employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verification that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
To provide an efficient, cost effective Housekeeping and Catering service for Milton Hospice.
Key Housekeeping Responsibilities
Carry out cleaning duties as laid down in the Hospice cleaning schedule, and as instructed by the Facilities Co-ordinator 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 Senior Housekeeper when stocks of cleaning materials are running low.
Liaise with the Senior Housekeeper to ensure that Department of Health guidelines on cleaning standards are adhered to.Key Catering Responsibilities:
Prepare and serve foods when required, under the direction of the lead Chef 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 Chefs 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.
Undertake any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, the title of the post and its grading, as requested by your line manager or his/her higher level of authority
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
16. Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Experience
Essential
17. Experience as a Cleaner/housekeeper and Catering Assistant
Skills, Abilities
Essential
18. Ability to prepare basic meals;
19. Experience and ability to meet food hygiene
20. requirements;
21. Planning and organisational skills.
Personal Attributes
Essential
22. Self motivating;
23. Ability to work independently;
24. High standard of communication and interpersonal skills;
25. Good team worker;
26. Flexible approach to working hours;
Desirable
27. Computer literate