Cleaning Manager

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a proactive Cleaning Manager to lead a large team and uphold high standards of cleanliness and hygiene hospital-wide. You will drive performance, ensure quality, oversee contracts and stock control, and support HR processes to maintain efficient facilities services focused on patient care.

Flexibility is essential, with an expectation to manage evenings, weekends, and planned cover across shifts, contributing to a culture of continuous

Qualifications

• Educated to NVQ Level 5/HND or equivalent.
• Management qualification or equivalent senior-level experience.
• 2 Years Management Experience.
• Experience in NHS environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver managerial control of cleaning and general facilities services to a high standard within the hospital.
• Provide management and control of all cleaning services and general facilities operating procedures and applications to ensure standards are maintained.
• Lead front-line cleaning teams and cleaning wards, clinical areas, departments, and outer areas.
• Manage stock control procedures and distribution of stock and non-stock items.
• Conduct HR investigations and present findings to senior managers.

Skills

Management Experience

NHS experience

Education

NVQ Level 5 / HND or equivalent

Management qualification or senior-level experience

Job description

Main area Cleaning Grade 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekdays & Weekend with rotating shift patterns - 12pm-8pm,1pm-9pm & 2pm-10pm) Job ref 427-8241059

Employer Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site RUH NHS Hospital Town Bath Salary £32,073 - £39,043 With enhancements Salary period Yearly Closing 24/09/2026 23:59

Cleaning Manager

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Job overview

We're looking for an experienced Cleaning Manager to join our Facilities Team at the Royal United Hospitals Bath. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and hands‑on leader to play a key role in delivering high-quality cleaning services across our hospital, helping to ensure a safe, welcoming and hygienic environment for patients, visitors and staff.

As a Cleaning Manager, you'll lead and support a large team of cleaning professionals, driving performance, maintaining exceptional standards, and identifying opportunities to improve the services we provide. Working closely with colleagues across the Trust, you'll help ensure our facilities support outstanding patient care while contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.

This is an exciting time to join a department that is recognised for its positive impact across the organisation. We pride ourselves on being proactive, solution‑focused and committed to delivering excellent service, always looking for opportunities to innovate, improve and make a difference.

Flexibility is essential, as you'll also provide management cover for annual leave, evenings and nights when required, as well as participating in one planned weekend per month.

Working Pattern: This role is primarily worked Monday to Friday, covering shifts between 12:00pm and 10:00pm (including 12:00pm to 8:00pm, 1:00pm to 9:00pm and 2:00pm to 10:00pm).

Main duties of the job

• Deliver managerial professional control of cleaning and general facilities services and contracts to a high standard within the hospital.
• Provide management and control of all cleaning services and general facilities operating procedures and applications to ensure that all statutory and quality standards are maintained.
• Deliver quality cleaning services to patients and staff monitoring the provision of these services against agreed standards ensuring remedial action is taken to rectify shortcomings in service delivery.
• Manage front‑line cleaning teams, cleaning wards, clinical areas, departments, and outer areas.
• Provide for economical and correct use and distribution of equipment and materials ensuring stock control procedures are maintained.
• Deliver an efficient and speedy distribution service for issues of stock and non‑stock items.
• Conduct HR investigations, writing case reports and presenting to senior managers.
• Ensuring your 100+ strong team are achieving key performance indicators in areas such as cleanliness, food hygiene and mandatory training.
• Manage a team of cleaning supervisors to ensure standards are maintained throughout the building.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person‑centred care we’re proud of.

We’re committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.

We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing – and yes, we even have a pool!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Please note this was is not eligible for visa sponsership.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Educated to NVQ Level 5/HND or equivalent experience in a related service industry
• Management qualification or equivalent experience at senior level
• 2 Years Management Experience

Management Experience

• Have experience of managing and motivating large teams in a facilities / softFM / housekeeping environment.
• Experience of working in the NHS

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should reviewthe eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.