Head Housekeeper

We’re one of the largest not for profit care provider in the UK, specialising in providing high quality, person-centred care for older people, in care homes and extra care housing nationwide. At OSJCT we care about our residents and we care about each other. That means you’ll enjoy great career development working for an expanding organisation. Because we’re a not for profit trust, we invest every penny we make in the people who live in our homes and the people who work here too.

This means better quality care and lovely homes for our residents, along with competitive wages and great training and development for our people. We provide outstanding care, working closely with leading experts on dementia and elderly care. And we’re currently modernising our portfolio of care homes – refurbishing our existing homes and moving into new, inspiring, contemporary care homes too.

As we expand nationwide, we need more people with the right mix of skills, passion and ambition to help us grow even more.

Location: Melksham, Wiltshire

Pay Rate: £13.62 per hour

Contracted

Hours:

35 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Be part of something from the very beginning.

We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Head Housekeeper to join the team at Melksham Gardens, our brand-new 80-bed care home in Melksham.

Come and meet the team and find out more:

Wednesday 21st October
10am – 3pm
Melksham Town Hall – Council Chamber

Come along to find out more about Melksham Gardens, the Head Housekeeper role and what it’s like to be part of a brand-new care home team. We’d love to meet you!

Our new purpose-built home on Longleaze Lane will provide residential, nursing and dementia care, alongside respite and day care.

The home will feature 80 en-suite bedrooms, landscaped gardens, private dining, a cinema, gym and wellbeing facilities, activities room, salon and spa, and family accommodation. Innovative technology, including circadian lighting and acoustic monitoring, will support our person-centred approach to care.

Designed around residents’ comfort, wellbeing and independence, Melksham Gardens will provide a welcoming environment where residents can feel safe, comfortable and at home.

Joining a brand-new home is exciting – but it is also different.

Depending on the progress of the home, you may join us during the preparation and mobilisation period or as we welcome our first residents. Your exact start date may therefore be subject to change and could be later than initially anticipated.

We’re looking for someone who takes pride in maintaining high standards and is excited to help shape a home from the very beginning. Your experience, attention to detail and leadership will be invaluable as the housekeeping and laundry teams come together and establish the standards, routines and culture of Melksham Gardens.

This is an opportunity to help develop housekeeping processes, support colleagues and create a clean, comfortable and welcoming environment where residents, families and visitors feel at home.

Are you an experienced housekeeper with exacting standards of cleanliness and an eye for detail?

Can you lead and motivate a small team to deliver an outstanding housekeeping and laundry service for our residents, encouraging colleagues to always do their best?

As Head Housekeeper, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness throughout the home. Leading a team of Housekeepers and Laundry Assistants, you’ll take pride in ensuring that every bedroom, communal area and living space is clean, tidy and well maintained.

You’ll be a champion for hygiene and infection…