Housekeeping Supervisor

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We are seeking an enthusiastic, organised, and experienced Housekeeping Supervisor to join our dedicated Hotel Services team. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the wellbeing of our patients, staff, and visitors by maintaining high standards of cleanliness across our wards and departments.

About the Role

As a Housekeeping Supervisor, you will be responsible for the day‑to‑day supervision and coordination of our housekeeping assistants. You will ensure all areas of the hospital are maintained to the highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness, in line with NHS infection prevention and control protocols.

About You

You will be a confident communicator with strong leadership and organisational skills. You will have experience supervising a team and a passion for delivering a high‑quality service. Ideally, you will hold relevant training qualifications and have experience delivering practical and accredited training.

Key Responsibilities

• Allocate housekeeping staff across wards and departments to ensure efficient service delivery.
• Maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment for patients, staff and visitors.
• Deliver and manage accredited training programmes, including Train the Trainer and Assessor responsibilities.
• Support staff development through induction, ongoing training, appraisals and refresher courses.
• Provide feedback through verbal and written reports following cleanliness and quality audits.
• Work closely with clinical teams, department managers and the wider housekeeping team as part of quality assurance.
• Support the Housekeeping Manager and Senior Supervisor with service delivery and resource management.
• Contribute to staff rotas and ensure cost‑effective use of resources.
• Assist with the recruitment process, including participation in interviews.
• Maintain accurate records of staff hours, annual leave, sickness and return‑to‑work meetings.
• Carry out staff counselling and support as needed (e.g. personal concerns, attendance).
• Oversee accredited training programmes, including on‑the‑job training, refresher sessions, appraisals and mandatory training updates.
• Support shift cover planning and reallocation of staff, including use of bank staff where appropriate.
• Provide administrative support including telephone and bleep handling, basic IT tasks and data collection.
• Manage stock control and the ordering of cleaning supplies and equipment.
• Assist with monthly deep cleans, carpet cleans and ongoing upkeep of offices and public areas.
• Take part in PLACE assessments, recording data via digital devices (iPad).
• Respond to emergency cleaning needs such as chemical spills, floods and bodily fluids in line with Trust policy.
• Oversee cleaning of on‑site facilities such as mops and microfiber systems.
• Support evening supervision of catering services, ensuring adherence to HACCP food safety standards.
• Implement and monitor Level 2 Allergen Training for all catering staff involved in food service.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021 and how they are monitored.
• Knowledge of Microsoft computer software.
• Formal qualification in cleaning services (e.g. BICs) – desirable.
• Knowledge of cleanliness audit systems – desirable.

Experience

• Previous experience in delivering training.
• Catering experience.
• Working knowledge of COSHH.
• Infection prevention.
• Supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of working in the NHS (desirable).
• Level 2 or above in allergen training (desirable).

Competencies

• Good communication.
• Flexibility to meet needs of service.
• Competent to provide staff training.
• Basic IT skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (desirable).

Please note sponsorship is not provided for this role.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if sufficient applications have been received.

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Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care