Domestic Assistant

Company: Optimum Care
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Location: Ballyclare
Job Description:

We are looking for a Domestic Care Assistant to join our Rathmena House team. This is a bank contract and the shifts are from 7:30am to 1.30pm between Monday to Sunday. We are unable to provide Sponsorship for this role.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain high standards of efficiency and cleanliness expected within all areas of the Home and in particular their designated cleaning area.
  • Ensure that all areas of the Home are cleaned using an organised schedule of work and work in other areas of the Home as requested by the Home Manager.
  • Ensure the Residents’/Patients’ confidentiality is maintained at all times and ensure the Residents’/Patients’ privacy, dignity and choice is respected, therefore knock when entering bedrooms, do not clean a room if a Resident/Patient is eating.
  • Respect the Residents’/Patients’ personal belongings. Ensure plants are kept watered and flowers are attended to.
  • Ensure that all areas to be cleaned daily, weekly etc., are cleaned and if not report to Home Manager/Nurse in charge. Ensure vacant rooms are thoroughly cleaned as soon as they are vacated.
  • Report all breakages or broken furniture to Home Manager/Nurse in charge. Report all faulty equipment/repairs/replacements in the Maintenance book. Report all accidents, incidents and near misses to the home Manager/Nurse in charge.
  • Update the Home Manager as to deficits in relation to the décor.
  • Attend staff meetings as organised by the Home Manager. Attend all required staff training as organised by the Home Manager.

Skills and Qualifications

  • Ability to strictly follow safety and cleaning guidelines (e.g., COSHH regulations).
  • Good communication skills for interacting with colleagues and residents.
  • Ability to organise your daily workload.
  • Previous laundry experience in work or in a voluntary setting.
  • Experience working within a Nursing Home or similar environment.

Location: Ballyclare, Co Antrim

Area: Derry or Londonderry

Salary: £12.71 per hour

Contract Type: Temporary

Weekly hours: 0

Published date: 01/04/2026

Closing date: 10/04/2026

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Posted: April 12th, 2026