Housekeeping Supervisor

Job summary

Ensure delivery of high quality and professional cleaning and food services.

To supervise a team of housekeeping staff.

Main duties of the job

To supervise, co-ordinate, motivate, train and work with your team to provide a quality service.

To inspect, record and monitor, and if required, take action to ensure that high standards are maintained, (complying with Health and Safety and Food Handling and Hygiene Regulations) and feedback to your Line Manager.

To ensure that a clean and hygienic environment is maintained at all times for Trust staff, patients and members of the public in line with the National Standards of Cleanliness.

To work as part of a team and communicate with all staff and team members in a polite, courteous and positive manner.

To develop clear lines of communication and relationships at all levels within your team and with other colleagues, nursing staff and patients and encourage and maintain good working relationships with all users of Housekeeping services

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement On-site Nurseries On-site staff cafes On-site parking Support in career development Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please

Job description

Job responsibilities

To inspect, record and monitor, and if required, take action to ensure that high standards are maintained, (complying with Health and Safety and Food Handling and Hygiene Regulations) and feedback to your Line Manager.

To ensure that a clean and hygienic environment is maintained at all times for Trust staff, patients and members of the public in line with the National Standards of Cleanliness.

Person Specification

Attitude,Behaviour and Values

Essential

Team work approach Willing and able to take personal responsibility Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team work and delivering of objectives Support learning and development of self and others

Experience

Essential

oExperience of supervising a cleaning/domestic staff on a Hospital environment oExperience of performing a wide variety of cleaning tasks in a Hospital environment oExperience of training staff in the use of equipment, cleaning materials and food service

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