Maternity cover post in the Estates and Facilities Department at The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, a London private hospital. The role covers out-of-hours soft facilities, acting as escalation point for housekeeping, portering, security and catering while supervising the housekeeping teams. Duties include rota planning, training and appraising staff, and keeping wards and theatres to the National Specification of Cleanliness. Previous supervisory and healthcare cleaning experience are essential.
What the job involves
- Manage and deliver out-of-hours soft facilities services and act as escalation point for housekeeping, portering, security and catering
- Supervise, support and train housekeepers, including assessment in cleaning tasks and equipment use
- Complete weekly staff rotas covering sickness and annual leave to keep adequate trained cover
- Conduct annual appraisals for the night housekeeping team
- Ensure housekeeping meets patient, visitor and ward needs to the National Specification of Cleanliness, with strict infection control
- Clean patient rooms, theatres, consulting rooms, public areas and staff areas, restocking materials as required
- Use specialist equipment such as vacuums, scrubbing and carpet machines, and floor sealing
- Carry out deep cleans per hospital policy and complete the required forms
- Clean equipment including beds, chairs, shelving, bins, walls, vents and theatre lights, using step ladders occasionally
- Empty and clean domestic and clinical waste bins and place bags at collection points
- Cover cleaning tasks during staff absence, and carry out administrative tasks
- Work with the clinical site operational team and report maintenance faults, pests and building issues to the Estates Helpdesk
What’s required
Qualifications
- Good general education, GCSEs or higher education
- Cleaning qualification, NVQ or BICS
- IOSH Working Safely qualification
- Supervisory or leadership level 2 or 3 qualification
Experience
- Experience of working in a healthcare environment
- Previous experience in a supervisor or team leader role
- Experience of healthcare cleaning procedures
- Experience of working in a customer service role
Skills & knowledge
- Good standard of spoken and written English
- ECDL or equivalent (advert lists it as European Driving Licence)
- Good knowledge of COSHH and manual handling
- Diplomacy and ability to deal with difficult situations
- Strong organisational skills
- Ability to work as a team member or on own initiative
Other
- Works to deadlines under pressure and stays calm in stressful situations
- Flexible working attitude
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
