About us
St Anne's Nursing Home is a dementia nursing home in Portswood, Southampton, providing outstanding, person-centred care. We're a close, supportive team guided by five values: Respect, Team Spirit, Continuous Improvement, Accountability and Empathy.
Our domestic team plays a critical role maintaining high levels of infection prevention and control, supporting health and safety and helping make sure our rooms and shared spaces feel like home for our residents and visitors.
About the role
We're looking for a reliable, detail-focused Domestic Assistant to join our housekeeping team. You will maintain a clean, hygienic and welcoming space for residents, families and staff, working to a set cleaning schedule and to strict infection control standards.
You'll be part of a team with shifts organised either 8am to 4pm or 10am to 6pm with structured handover between shifts to ensure all tasks are completed.
What you'll be doing:
- Cleaning residents' rooms, en-suites and communal areas to the daily schedule
- Making beds, changing linen, and keeping rooms neat and welcoming
- Laundry duties where applicable - collecting, washing and returning residents' clothing and home linen with care
- Following infection prevention and control procedures, including correct use of colour-coded equipment and COSHH-safe handling of cleaning chemicals
- Daily safety checks in vacant rooms (e.g. running taps to prevent Legionella)
- Reporting any maintenance issues, hazards or concerns about a resident's wellbeing
- Talking to residents, families and visitors politely and respectfully while you work, and respecting their privacy
- Ensuring full understanding and knowledge of the relevant home policies including safeguarding, health and safety, Laundry, Waste Management, COSHH and infection prevention and control
- Escalating any issues or concerns to the appropriate persons promptly
- Completing regular training and attending supervision meetings.
About you
You'll need:
- A positive, compassionate attitude towards older people
- Strong attention to detail and pride in your work
- To be reliable, trustworthy and able to work well on your own and as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills
- To be comfortable with the physical demands of the role - standing, bending, lifting
- Flexibility for early starts, evenings, weekends and bank holidays
It helps if you have
- Previous cleaning or housekeeping experience, ideally in a care setting
- Awareness of COSHH or infection control requirements
Terms
- Subject to an Enhanced DBS check
- Two satisfactory manager references required, including from most recent role and any previous healthcare or vulnerable-adult settings
- 6-month probationary period
- Full ongoing right to work in the UK (sponsorship is not available for this role)
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: £12.71-£13.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- Language training provided
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Transport links
Experience:
- Professional Domestic / Cleaning / Housekeeper: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
