Recreational Activities Officer

**About the Home**

Bupa Merrimac is a charming care home in the heart of the Gold Coast. It is close to the local community with schools and shopping centres nearby. 10kms from the CBD, it consists of 98 beds, a with various care units such as dementia, respite, and palliative. Our primary goal is placing our focus on the health, lifestyle and well-being of our residents.

**Benefits of Bupa**
- Supportive, collaborative, and caring team culture
- Continual learning and development opportunities
- Flexible working shifts and arrangements
- Relocation and accommodation assistance available
- Internal transfers across our care homes

**About the Role**

As our new Hospitality Supervisor, you will lead a high functioning and quality housekeeping service, ensuring the Care Home is always clean and well presented.

**Duties**:

- Effectively lead the housekeeping function of the Care Home, ensuring the cleaning and laundry service is delivered to the highest of standards
- Ensure the Care Home is cleaned, maintained and presented to an appropriate standard for existing and prospective residents as well as the Aged Care Quality Standards
- Assist with housekeeping budget development and purchasing function
- Assist the Regional Hospitality team to manage and supervise suppliers and external contractors, assess the quality of supplies, their performance and provide necessary feedback to ensure efficient delivery of services
- Oversee and directly manage all Cleaning and Laundry Assistants
- Manage the performance of rostered staff in accordance with scope of practice, position descriptions, qualifications and roles and responsibilities

**Experience**:

- Previous experience in a housekeeping supervisory role
- Demonstrated experience working within a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrated ability to effectively liaise with stakeholders
- Prior exposure and understanding of Audits and compliance to regulatory requirements
- Formal qualifications in cleaning operations are an advantage

**Skills**:

- capable of prioritising work within established policies, guidelines, and procedures.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a customer service focus.
- Comprehensive computer knowledge (Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel)
- Strong problem-solving abilities
- Effective time management and organisational skills
- Experience in an Aged Care, Hospital or Hotel environment is highly advantageous

**How to Apply