Housekeeping Team Lead

Salary

**circa £28,000**
- Location

**Ashgate Hospice, Chesterfield**
- This is a _permanent_, _full time_ vacancy_ that will close _in 17 days_ at 23:59 BST_. _

**The vacancy**

**Post**:Housekeeping Team Lead

**Salary**:circa £28,000, full time equivalent salary

**Location**:Ashgate Hospice, Chesterfield

**Hours**: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

**Closing date**: 15th June 2025

**Interview date**:TBC

**Join Our Housekeeping Team**

We are looking for a proactive and dedicated Housekeeping Team Lead to manage and support our onsite housekeeping team and ensure our hospice is a clean, safe and welcoming environment for patients, families, visitors, staff and volunteers.

This is an exciting opportunity to take full responsibility for the delivery of high-quality housekeeping services across our hospice site - including our Inpatient Unit, Day Hospice, and non-clinical areas across the site. You will oversee all aspects of daily housekeeping operations, so excellent organisational and people management skills are essential.

**What You’ll Be Doing**:

- Lead, supervise and support the housekeeping team to deliver consistently high cleaning standards across all areas of the hospice.
- Manage rotas, schedules and staffing levels to ensure adequate coverage and efficiency.
- Monitor standards through audits, spot checks, and regular reviews.
- Promote and uphold best practice in infection prevention and control.
- Handle stock control, ordering, and resource planning in line with budget and operational needs.
- Train, support and develop staff, conducting appraisals and identifying learning needs.
- Be a visible and approachable leader, responding to service needs and contributing to a warm and respectful environment for patients and their families.

For full details of what the role includes please read the attached Job Description or call Andrew Webb, Head of Estates on 01246 568801.

**What you’ll bring**:

- Experience supervising or managing a housekeeping or cleaning team, ideally in a healthcare, care or hospitality setting.
- Knowledge of COSHH, infection control, and health and safety regulations.
- Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills.
- Confidence in managing rotas, staffing issues and performance discussions.
- A flexible, compassionate approach and commitment to upholding dignity and respect in all areas of work.
- IT literacy and confidence using scheduling tools or reporting systems.

**Desirable but not essential**:

- Experience supporting audits or regulatory inspections (e.g. CQC).
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office or cloud-based team systems (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Teams).
- Skills in coaching or mentoring staff to support their development.
- Previous experience in a hospice, hospital, or other care-based environment.

**About Ashgate**:
Ashgate Hospice, based in North Derbyshire, offers free palliative and end of life care for adults with life-limiting or incurable illnesses, including cancer, neurological diseases, and advanced heart, kidney, and lung conditions. Last year, we cared for over 2,400 people. Our aim is to support our patients by keeping them informed, managing their symptoms, and improving their quality of life from diagnosis onwards.

We also provide vital support to the people who are important to them, offering practical assistance and emotional support, including bereavement services.

We’re more than a care provider. We’re a campaigner for sustainable end of life care funding in the UK, and we continually invest in our services and workforce.

**Our values are at the heart of everything we do**:

- We are compassionate.
- We are a team.
- We are respectful, open, and inclusive.

We value diversity and inclusion and encourage applicants from all backgrounds.

We strive to create a workplace that’s happy, safe, and supportive - and our team seems to agree In fact, 86% of staff would recommend Ashgate Hospice as an employer.

We know how important wellbeing and work-life balance are, which is why we’re open to flexible work arrangements, including job-sharing.

As part of our team, you’ll have access to training opportunities to help you grow, both personally and professionally. Whether you want to develop in your current role or explore new career paths, we’ll support you every step of the way. Want to know more about what it’s like to work with us? Visit our website, check out our social media channels, or listen to our podcast, The Life and Death Podcast. It’s a great way to get a sense of the Ashgate team and the difference we make.

**Benefits of joining us**

At Ashgate, we take care of the people who take care of others. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

- **Generous holiday entitlement**, with the option to increase it through our Annual Buy and Sell Leave Scheme.
- A **flexible working approach** to help meet your needs and ours, including options like job-sharing.
- A **Cycle to Work scheme** and a **Tech Benefit sch