Bohemia Boarding Animal Care Cleaner - RSPCA Isle of Wight

Job Posted: 14 June 2024

• Contract Term: Fixed Term
• Location: Godshill, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Part time
• Salary: £10,700
• Industries: Charity / Voluntary Domestic Services Maintenance

Job Title: Bohemia Boarding Animal Care Cleaner

Location: Godshill, Isle of Wight

Line Manager: Animal Centre Manager, Bohemia Boarding Manager

Fixed Term Contract: Initial 6 months

Overall Job Purpose

To provide a high standard of care for all animals in care at Bohemia Boarding

Job Description

Cleaning

• Clean, disinfect and maintain a high standard of cleanliness of animal accommodation within the Home and Clinic. Follow agreed procedures using barrier nursing methods where needed.
• General tidying and cleaning of all areas within, and as appropriate around the full site.
• Empty bins into corresponding wheelie bins, ensuring that all waste products and recyclable items are correctly disposed of.
• Carry out laundry tasks

Care

• Ensure ‘handover/ white board’ is kept up to date and followed at all times.
• Ensure animal housing cards are kept up to date with cleaning information
• On a daily basis fill out all required paperwork, update diaries and report any new information to the staff member in charge.
• Report any concerns with the animals to your Bohemia Boarding Manager or the Animal Centre manager in their abscence as soon as possible.
• Respect all ‘animal care signs’ and traffic light grading.

General  

• Promote good working relationships across the whole organisation
• Remain calm and be courteous and considerate at all times towards colleagues, customers and volunteers.
• Attend and contribute to staff meetings. 
• Attend training sessions and courses.
• Ensure basic hygiene standards are met at all times and increased in times of crisis or outbreaks.
• Train and support volunteers.
• Undertake stock control
• Comply fully with all Health and Safety and Safe Working Practise requirements.

The duties listed are not exhaustive.  Other reasonable duties could be required from time to time, under the direction of your line manager.

Essential

• The ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues. 
• The ability to maintain a high level of hygiene standards by following protocols.
• The ability to be able to prioritise and organise own workload in a strict timeframe and work using your own initiative.
• The ability to remain calm when under pressure.
• Enthusiastic, cheerful and hardworking.
• Good verbal and written communication skills. 
• It is a requirement that all Bohemia Boarding employees have an empathy with the aims and objectives of the RSPCA Isle of Wight branch, as outlined in the Policies on Animal Welfare booklet. 

In addition, it is a requirement that employees adhere to the policies and protocols of Bohemia boarding to ensure that a consistent approach to animal care and welfare is maintained.

Desirable

• Experience of working with Volunteers
• Interest in animal welfare

Salary: £10,700

Hours: 17.5 hours per week worked on a  rota, including weekend work, working 3.5 hour shifts to cover the hours of 9am to 12.30pm, on any day of the week.   

(Rotas and shift patterns could be changed, with reasonable notice, at any time)

Other: Uniform supplied, training provided, TOIL for reasonable overtime, statutory pension contribution for eligible employees, 20% staff discount, free on-site parking.

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