Job Description

Our client is currently looking to recruit a Housekeeping Supervisor to join them on a temporary basis, initially for 1 year

Job Purpose:

• To supervise the day to day housekeeping and linen service team
• Be responsible for ensuring high standards of cleaning are maintained in line with the National Specifications for Cleanliness in the NHS.
• To work as an integral part of the Estates & Facilities Team ensuring a high quality services to patients.
• To support ward staff in the delivery of protected patient meal times.
• Provide a hospital Linen service to all wards and departments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness in line with agreed procedures which aim to reduce the risk of hospital acquired infections.
• Implement and abide by the strict National Colour Coding System for cleaning within a healthcare environment.
• To introduce changes to working frequencies and input hours in line with service needs and guidance.
• Ensure staff complete tasks in line with agreed cleaning schedules and time frames.
• To provide all staff with full training in all aspects of the role, ensuring training records are signed off and kept up to date.
• To manage staff sickness, annual leave and absence in line with key Trust policies,ensuring service needs take priority at all times.
• To complete staff return to work interviews following any periods of sickness.
• To manage staff performance in line with Trust Performance and Conduct Policies.
• To provide weekly staff performance returns in relation to annual leave, sickness, overtime and vacancies.
• To carry out National Cleaning Standards Audits of all areas. Identify any shortfalls and work with housekeeping staff to ensure each area meets the agreed cleaning targets.
• Ensure an adequate level of hospital linen is ordered to accommodate daily requirements and ensure contingency stock levels are maintained.
• Ensure clean linen requirements are collated daily (Mon Fri) and sufficient quantities of linen is delivered to required areas.
• Ensure sufficient quantities of cleaning mops are washed and available at all times.
• Provide copies of all ward cleaning audits to the Ward Sisters, which will form part of their monthly ward performance reporting.
• Spend time with staff in their areas of work to provide support and guidance ensuring open communication between clinical and operational teams.
• To take responsibility for the safe storage of all cleaning products and materials, ensuring hazardous chemicals are locked safely within cleaning trolley s and resource cupboards.
• To carry out risk assessments and develop safe systems of work for all housekeeping related tasks, ensuring all staff have access to these documents as part of individual staff training.
• To provide and maintain all COSHH information relating to all cleaning products, ensuring all housekeeping staff have access to this information.
• To ensure all staff are provided with, and wear the appropriate uniform and PPE whilst on duty.
• To ensure records for the management of housekeeping consumables are maintained and provided to the Housekeeping Manager on a monthly basis.
• Ensure catering consumables, crockery and cutlery is available for each ward area.
• To carry out staff appraisals on an annual basis ensuring set objects relate to performance targets and core Trust Values.
• To ensure all staff complete the required statutory and mandatory training in line with their contract of employment.

This role will be working 5 days from 7