This Domestic Supervisor post in Domestic Services at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is open only to staff of one of five LAASP organisations. The work is directing a domestic team to healthcare cleaning standards, including overseeing every patient discharge green clean. What sets it apart is the team budget, holiday sanctioning and short-notice cover for absences, which mean frequent changes to daily schedules. Applicants need supervisory cleaning experience and an NVQ Level 3 in leadership, or a willingness to study for it.
What the job involves
- Supervise and direct a domestic team so day-to-day cleaning follows approved standard operating procedures, safety and customer care
- Oversee completion of all patient discharge green cleans
- Ensure infection control cleaning requests are actioned and documented correctly
- Arrange cover for absences and adjust daily service provision at short notice
- Ensure the team is trained and inducted in equipment, chemicals and methods, and attend mandatory training
- Plan and control highly complex cleaning, such as hydrogen peroxide fogging, with risk assessments
- Conduct staff interviews covering appraisal, sickness, bereavement, discipline and grievance
- Run the team within financial parameters set by the line manager, explaining variances
- Sanction domestic holidays within agreed allowances
- Carry out quality control checks and remedial action
- Monitor and control consumables usage and storage, and requisition stock
- Report accidents and defects, and liaise with service users and managers on service issues
What’s required
Qualifications
- NVQ Level 3 in leadership or equivalent
Experience
- Previous cleaning experience at a supervisory level
- Previous cleaning experience
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of COSHH regulations
- Basic health and safety knowledge
- Understanding of operating cleaning machinery
- Excellent communication skills
- Basic data inputting, manually or on a computer or tablet
- Basic numeracy and literacy
Other
- Working as part of a team
- Excellent organisation skills
- Prepared to study for NVQ Level 3 in leadership
- Willingness to undertake further training as necessary
Nice to have
- Previous cleaning experience at a supervisory level within a healthcare environment
- Previous cleaning experience within a healthcare environment
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
