Job summary
We are recruiting for two Night Cleanliness Supervisors who wish to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards great people, great place.
You should have a passion for cleaning and want to be part of a vital expanding team ensuring high standards of cleanliness are achieved for our patients, visitors, and staff Do you want to go home at the end of your shift knowing you helped make your local hospital a great place to be cared for?
Our Cleanliness staff played an essential role in fighting the global pandemic and are responsible for cleaning all areas of the hospital site.
There are two vacancies - one 30 hours per week and one 15 hours per week, working a weekly alternate shift pattern as follows:-
Alternate weeks:-
Vacancy 1 (30 hours per week)
23.00 to 07.00 (30 minute unpaid break) Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Vacancy 1 (30 hours per week)
23.00 to 07.00 (30 minute unpaid break) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Vacancy 2 (15 hours per week)
23.00 to 07.00 (30 minute unpaid break) Saturday & Sunday
Vacancy 2 (15 hours per week)
23.00 to 07.00 (30 minute unpaid break) Friday & Saturday
Main duties of the job
The key Purpose of the role is to provide a high quality comprehensive cleanliness service, working to exceptionally high documented cleaning standards. The post holder will be responsible for supervision, support and training of new and existing Cleanliness Assistant staff, ensuring the hospital is cleaned to the mandatory National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021.
The post holder will be expected to support effective service delivery by making immediate proactive decisions in adjusting rotas when unexpected staff absences occur on a nightly basis, by allocating work to ensure all areas are cleaned to expected standards.
To carry out inspection of cleanliness work and to continuously monitor all staff and cleanliness standards in the work environment, to ensure correct methods and procedures are being consistently achieved and maintained.
To act as a role model to the Cleanliness Team and to promote and demonstrate effective communication at all times.
Having the ability to work under pressure due to limited resources on occasion and increasing demands, as and when needs dictate.
About us
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Using agreed rotas and in liaison with the Site Coordinator Team, ensure all areas and requested cleans are completed in priority order, utilising available staff to best effect. To work with the night team to ensure all corridors and public areas are cleaned effectively overnight ready to the next day. To be able to autonomously problem solve and offer support to staff during the night
To work alongside all service users and ensure that approved documented cleaning standards and frequencies are maintained at all times. Being prepared to work in any area across the Trust site.
To act as soon as possible in response to any request for Barrier Cleans. To carry out Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour and Ultra Violet Light in the C Spectrum decontaminations on request (following approved training)
Completion of all relevant documentation, including cleanliness checks and monitoring.
Responsible for ensuring cleaning equipment and materials are properly used and kept spotlessly clean at all times.
In liaison with the Operational Cleaning Manager, ensure that staff have the optimum levels of cleaning materials available together with safe working cleaning equipment.
To carry out return to work interviews and annual appraisals with Cleanliness Assistant staff following sickness absences.
Responsible for handing out staff information handouts, memos, timesheets or any other form of communication intended for the Cleanliness Support Team together with ensuring required documents are fully completed by staff and collected in for record keeping.
Any other duties and responsibilities determined by the Operational Cleaning Manager, within the parameters of the post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Using agreed rotas and in liaison with the Site Coordinator Team, ensure all areas and requested cleans are completed in priority order, utilising available staff to best effect. To work with the night team to ensure all corridors and public areas are cleaned effectively overnight ready to the next day. To be able to autonomously problem solve and offer support to staff during the night
To work alongside all service users and ensure that approved documented cleaning standards and frequencies are maintained at all times. Being prepared to work in any area across the Trust site.
To act as soon as possible in response to any request for Barrier Cleans. To carry out Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour and Ultra Violet Light in the C Spectrum decontaminations on request (following approved training)
Completion of all relevant documentation, including cleanliness checks and monitoring.
Responsible for ensuring cleaning equipment and materials are properly used and kept spotlessly clean at all times.
In liaison with the Operational Cleaning Manager, ensure that staff have the optimum levels of cleaning materials available together with safe working cleaning equipment.
To carry out return to work interviews and annual appraisals with Cleanliness Assistant staff following sickness absences.
Responsible for handing out staff information handouts, memos, timesheets or any other form of communication intended for the Cleanliness Support Team together with ensuring required documents are fully completed by staff and collected in for record keeping.
Any other duties and responsibilities determined by the Operational Cleaning Manager, within the parameters of the post.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
Desirable
- BICSc or NVQ or relevant experience in cleaning and supervision
- Good basic IT skills qualification or experience
Experience / Aptitudes / Ability
Essential
- Ability to maintain effectiveness under pressure.
- Able to remain calm in resolving a variety of issues regarding members of staff
Desirable
- Ability to communicate with all levels of staff in line with the Trust's behavioural framework
- Able to work to strict documented cleaning standards
Person Specification
Education
Essential
Desirable
- BICSc or NVQ or relevant experience in cleaning and supervision
- Good basic IT skills qualification or experience
Experience / Aptitudes / Ability
Essential
- Ability to maintain effectiveness under pressure.
- Able to remain calm in resolving a variety of issues regarding members of staff
Desirable
- Ability to communicate with all levels of staff in line with the Trust's behavioural framework
- Able to work to strict documented cleaning standards
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
