Catering/ Housekeeping Team Leader

Ramsay Health UK; Preston; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Catering/Housekeeping Team Leader in Preston. This role offers the opportunity to lead a dynamic team, ensuring high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in a modern hospital environment. You will play a crucial role in training and developing staff while overseeing daily operations. With a commitment to excellence, this position allows you to make a significant impact on patient care and team performance. Enjoy a supportive culture that values your contributions and offers numerous benefits, including generous leave and private medical cover.

Benefits

25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays

Private Pension

Flexible Shift Patterns

Private Medical Cover

Life Assurance

Free Training and Development

Free Parking

Subsidised Staff Restaurant

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a leadership role within a cleaning or hospitality environment.
• Strong understanding of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop the housekeeping and catering team.
• Conduct training sessions and audits to maintain high cleaning standards.
• Manage staff rostering and absence records.

Skills

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Training and Development

Health & Safety Compliance

Multi-tasking

Education

Experience in Cleaning Sector

Healthcare Setting Experience

Job description

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Catering/ Housekeeping Team Leader

Apply locations Preston time type Full time posted on Posted 7 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: May 16, 2025 (6 days left to apply) job requisition id JR13545

Job Description

Catering/ Housekeeping Team Leader

Location: Fulwood Hall Hospital, Preston

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Full-time

Salary: Depending on experience + Benefits

Summary:

Fulwood Hall Hospital was opened as a purpose built facility in 1986. In 2009 the hospital completed a £9m pound investment to refurbish and expand the site, making it the largest independent hospital in Lancashire and one of the largest in the north of England.

The hospital has six consulting rooms supported by a fully equipped outpatient treatment room, a pre-assessment unit for screening and assessing patients prior to surgery as well as modern imaging facilities and a brand new physio and sports therapy department including gymnasium.

The role:

We currently have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Catering/ Housekeeping Team Leader to join our team at the Fulwood Hall Hospital, based in Preston. You will be a dynamic, self-motivated team leader of the hospital’s housekeeping team.

As a Catering/ Housekeeping Team Leader you will have great communication and interpersonal skills and will be able to demonstrate a broad experience in the cleaning sector within a healthcare setting, hotel or similar environment. You will take an active part in the team completing rotas and staff records. You will be responsible for completing training and audits/inspections to ensure we meet and exceed expectations, to drive constant development and improvement.

The Catering/ Housekeeping Team Leader will oversee the cleaning standards of patient rooms, clinical and public areas throughout the hospital. You will supervise the day-day activities of the Housekeepers, whilst training and developing the team’s skills and knowledge to ensure that high cleaning standards are met inline with the clinical expectations.

Key duties:

• Supervision, training and development of Housekeeping and Catering team
• Staff rostering, induction and PDRs and absence management
• Conduct training sessions with the housekeeping team to include COSHH, Isolation/MRSA cleaning, Equipment handling, Health & Safety
• To undertake hospital cleanliness audits with department leads and implement any actions with the team
• Ability to multi-task
• Overseeing and ordering of supplies and equipment as required

Benefits:

• 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays
• Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
• Flexible shift patterns available where possible
• Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies
• Private Medical Cover with option to add partner & dependants
• Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 base salary
• Free Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy
• Free Parking on site (where possible)
• Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)
• Concerts for Carers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle2Work scheme available, in partnership with Halfords
• The Blue Light Card Scheme

About Us:

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 60 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 11 countries with 77,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.

We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.

We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud of our ‘Speak Up for Safety’ programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of everything we do. Join us and have more ‘Time to Care’.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all.

We value your application and welcome any questions you may have prior to applying. Please be advised that we reserve the right to close our advertisements prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process.

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We care.

It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.