Head Housekeeper

Coalville, LE67 3LN

Position: Head Housekeeper

Care home: Primrose Place

Location: Ashby Road, Coalville, LE67 3LB

Contract type: Full Time 40 hours per week

Rate: Up to £13.27 per hour

Do you take pride in your cleaning standards and attention to detail? As Head Housekeeper, you'll ensure that our home is clean and welcoming home for the people who live and work here.

You'll be responsible for setting and maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness throughout the home, ensuring a comfortable environment for the people we support.

You will lead the brand new Housekeeping Team in our new state of the art purpose built home. You'll have the chance to really make your mark.

Join us as our Head Housekeeper at Primrose Place care home in Coalville.

About Exemplar Health Care

Primrose Place is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country's leading nursing care providers.

When open, Primrose Place will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Head Housekeeper plays a key role in leading all daily and weekly cleaning routines of their Housekeeping Team, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• carrying out cleaning schedules with your team, including dusting, mopping, polishing and vacuuming
• overseeing your team's cleaning of all areas, including residents' rooms, lounges, kitchens, bathrooms, kitchens and offices
• building trust and promoting choice, dignity and independence.

You'll put our people at the heart of everything you do - whether that's hoovering our residents' bedrooms or polishing their photo frames. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you'll see great rewards.

If you haven't worked in the care sector before, we'll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

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About you

Above all, you're someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You're also:

• kind, caring and understanding
• a great leader, with the energy and enthusiasm to motivate your team
• someone with a keen eye for detail
• an excellent team player
• passionate about high standards of cleanliness, with outstanding housekeeping skills
• a positive person with a can-do attitude
• a great listener and communicator.

You don't need any specific qualifications to apply for this role, but a good standard of education, such as GCSEs in English and Maths, may be useful. You'll ideally also have supervisory experience in a similar role.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We'd love to hear from you. Click the button to 'APPLY NOW'.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on or email

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We're unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

We will never ask for payment for job opportunities. Any website or individual requesting money for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) while claiming to represent us is not associated with our organisation. If you're asked for money in connection with a role, please contact

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About Exemplar Health Care

We're one of the UK's leading providers of nursing care for adults living with complex needs, with more than 60 care homes across England.

Everything we do is guided by our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork.

This creates a supportive environment where colleagues can grow and make every day better for the people we support.

Getting to Primrose Place

Primrose Place, Ashby Road, Coalville, LE67 3LB

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Primrose Place is a short drive from the M1, A42, and other major roads.

If you're travelling on the M1:

• Take the A42 junction.
• Take the A511 slip road to Ashby/Burton/Coalville
• At the roundabout, take the second exit onto Ashby Road/A511
• At the roundabout, take the third exit onto Ashby Road.

Please note, Primrose Place won't be available to find on Google or Apple Maps until the home is registered with CQC.

The home's a short walk from several bus stops.

• Snibston Colliery Park bus stop (stop ID: leijgamw), which is accessed by buses 15, 29, 29A, 29B, 29S, 125, and X29
• Discovery Park bus stop (stop ID: leijgapt), which is accessed by buses 15, 29, 29A, 29B, 29S, and 125
• Memorial Square bus stop (stop ID: leijgamt), which is accessed by buses 11, 11A, , 29A, 29B, 29S, , X16, X29, and skylink.

There are no train station's in the local area.

• Loughborough - 12 miles away (35 minute drive).

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