Housekeeping Supervisor

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic staff member to join our housekeeping Supervisor team working the following shift:

Monday - Friday 09:00-17:00

You will be working alongside another Supervisor to ensure all housekeepers are carrying out their daily duties.

Main duties of the job

The supervisor role will include the following:

Ensuring PDRs are completed

Ensuring return to works are completed

Ensuring all mandatory training is kept up to date

Ensuring the washing of mops is completed throughout the shift

Booking staff annual leave

Answering any queries from other wards/areas

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a largeacute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acuteservices to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to alarger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services fromthree sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and ourcaring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centredcare. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people towork with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin oureveryday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewiseaccreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible workingwithin our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring aDBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in SupportingInformation section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Duties

To providedaily supervision of staff ensuring daily contact with all staff on duty. To deal with and rectify minor problemswhich arise on a daily basis. To have an understanding and carry out thegovernments guidelines on the NationalStandards of cleanliness. To take a pro-active approach tocleaning, constantly striving to improve the quality of service provided. To carry out staff appraisals. To carry outstaff induction. To providecomprehensive training to all new members of staff. To have an understanding of infectioncontrol and to ensure compliance within the Department. To maintainconfidentiality at all times. To liaise with staff within the hospitalon day-to-day issues relating to the housekeeping service. To deal with complaints in the first instance. To raise with the Housekeeping Services Manager, any issues which may affect the quality of housekeepingservice.

GeneralDuties

Toorganise and plan work rotas ensuring maximum efficiency of staff. To allocate keys and ensure key logsheet is signed, and that returned keys are logged in. To allocate supplies of cleaningchemicals and consumables. To be responsive to telephone requests ensuring a prompt service at all times. To authorise annual leave ensuringminimal disruption to the service. To carry out staff return to workinterviews following a period of sickness absence and bring to the attention tothe Assistant Housekeeping Services Manager any problems. To attend departmental meetings. To re-train staff annually or morefrequently if required. To provide a mop washingservice, in line with the departmental procedures. To ensure that all staff comply with theuniform policy. To cover areas of work in the event of staffing shortages.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Key Duties

To providedaily supervision of staff ensuring daily contact with all staff on duty. To deal with and rectify minor problemswhich arise on a daily basis. To have an understanding and carry out thegovernments guidelines on the NationalStandards of cleanliness. To take a pro-active approach tocleaning, constantly striving to improve the quality of service provided. To carry out staff appraisals. To carry outstaff induction. To providecomprehensive training to all new members of staff. To have an understanding of infectioncontrol and to ensure compliance within the Department. To maintainconfidentiality at all times. To liaise with staff within the hospitalon day-to-day issues relating to the housekeeping service. To deal with complaints in the first instance. To raise with the Housekeeping Services Manager, any issues which may affect the quality of housekeepingservice.

GeneralDuties

Toorganise and plan work rotas ensuring maximum efficiency of staff. To allocate keys and ensure key logsheet is signed, and that returned keys are logged in. To allocate supplies of cleaningchemicals and consumables. To be responsive to telephone requests ensuring a prompt service at all times. To authorise annual leave ensuringminimal disruption to the service. To carry out staff return to workinterviews following a period of sickness absence and bring to the attention tothe Assistant Housekeeping Services Manager any problems. To attend departmental meetings. To re-train staff annually or morefrequently if required. To provide a mop washingservice, in line with the departmental procedures. To ensure that all staff comply with theuniform policy. To cover areas of work in the event of staffing shortages.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Previous supervisor experience
• Basic Education
• Basic IT knowledge
• Experience in use of floor scrubbers

Desirable

• Cleaning experience in a healthcare or similar environment.
• COSHH knowledge
• Health and Safety knowledge

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Previous supervisor experience
• Basic Education
• Basic IT knowledge
• Experience in use of floor scrubbers

Desirable

• Cleaning experience in a healthcare or similar environment.
• COSHH knowledge
• Health and Safety knowledge

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address

The Alexandra Hospital

Woodrow Drive

Redditch

Worcestershire

B987UB

United Kingdom

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