Housekeeping Supervisor

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Housekeeping Supervisor to join our female acute treatment ward at Ash Villa, in Sleaford.

**About the Role and You**:
This role will include supervising a small team of housekeepers and supporting provision of good quality safe catering and cleanliness.

All general housekeeping duties will be required within a mental health inpatient environment to set procedures and to ensure the cleanliness of a hospital environment is maintained to a high standard in accordance with CoSHH, Health and Safety and Infection Control measures in place. This will additionally include the support and serving of patient mealtimes, therefore direct patient contact will be required.

You will be a team player and have the ability to use your initiative to prioritise and organise daily duties, whilst maintaining the Trust Values (Compassion, Pride, Integrity, Valuing Everybody, Innovation and Collaboration).

The unit is operational 7 days a week therefore weekend and bank holiday cover will be required to ensure that we have sufficient housekeeping services at all times.

Want to talk about the role?

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Housekeeping Supervisor to join our female acute treatment ward at Ash Villa, in Sleaford.

**About the Role and You**:
This role will include supervising a small team of housekeepers and supporting provision of good quality safe catering and cleanliness.

All general housekeeping duties will be required within a mental health inpatient environment to set procedures and to ensure the cleanliness of a hospital environment is maintained to a high standard in accordance with CoSHH, Health and Safety and Infection Control measures in place. This will additionally include the support and serving of patient mealtimes, therefore direct patient contact will be required.

You will be a team player and have the ability to use your initiative to prioritise and organise daily duties, whilst maintaining the Trust Values (Compassion, Pride, Integrity, Valuing Everybody, Innovation and Collaboration).

The unit is operational 7 days a week therefore weekend and bank holiday cover will be required to ensure that we have sufficient housekeeping services at all times.

Want to talk about the role?

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

General
- To oversee all housekeeping duties and be the focus for all Facilities services provided to patients in the ward areas.
- Maintain efficient and accurate records and carry out quality cleaning audits in line with the NHS National Standards of Cleanliness and the Trust operational procedures. Inform the ward manager of the outcome of audits and agree actions plans ensuring action is taken if necessary.
- Liaise with Facilities Team regarding all support service contracts including but not limited to catering, window cleaning, pest control, housekeeping, linen, waste and removals.
- To promote a safe working environment within Housekeeping, ensuring the safe use and storage of all equipment and materials.
- Ensure staff are provided with, and wear, the correct uniform and personal protective clothing where necessary and act as a role model in this respect.
- Ensure all Estates & Facilities issues are raised with the relevant team and liaise with contractors on site as required
- Ensure that sufficient stock levels of cleaning materials, foodstuffs and equipment are maintained.
- Liaise with catering providers on a routine basis and ensure food provision and service is maintained
- Liaise with clinical staff and patients regarding suitable menu f