Cleaning Supervisor

NHS; Bath; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Cleaning Supervisor to lead and support cleaning teams, ensuring a clean, safe and welcoming environment for patients and staff across Trust sites.

The role requires prior care sector experience, supervision capability, and the ability to monitor standards and deliver services to agreed quality levels. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• NHS / Care Sector Qualification present.
• External Care / Service Provider Qualification present.
• 2 years experience in care sector.
• 1 year supervision experience in care

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate cleaning staff to ensure an effective and efficient cleaning service across Trust sites.
• Monitor cleanliness standards through regular audits, ensuring any issues are identified and addressed promptly.
• Provide training, support and performance monitoring to help staff work safely and effectively.
• Allocate staff resources to meet service demands and ensure adequate cleaning cover.
• Work closely with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to ensure cleaning services meet operational needs and service level agreements.
• Actively monitor cleaning methods and procedures, ensuring staff are competent and compliant with required standards.
• Work independently to manage your workload and make decisions within your area of responsibility.
• Provide leadership cover for the line manager during periods of annual leave and out-of-hours working, including evenings, nights and weekends.

Skills

Care sector experience

Supervision experience

Education

NHS / Care Sector Qualification

External Care / Service Provider Qualification

Job description

Main area Cleaning Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (Weekdays & Weekend Shifts) Job ref 427-8238412-A

Employer Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site RUH NHS Hospital Town Bath Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

What you'll be doing

As Cleaning Supervisor, you will play a key role in ensuring our patients, visitors and staff have a clean, safe and welcoming environment. Working as part of the Facilities Management team, you will lead and support our cleaning teams to deliver high standards of cleanliness in line with the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness.

What we're looking for

We're seeking an organised and proactive supervisor who can motivate teams, maintain high standards and build positive working relationships across the Trust. You'll have experience of managing staff, monitoring performance and ensuring services are delivered safely, efficiently and to agreed quality standards.

This role offers the opportunity to make a real difference by helping to provide a safe and clean environment that supports excellent patient care.

Please note this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

In this key role, you will:

• Supervise and coordinate cleaning staff to ensure an effective and efficient cleaning service across Trust sites.
• 
  Monitor cleanliness standards through regular audits, ensuring any issues are identified and addressed promptly.
• 
  Provide training, support and performance monitoring to help staff work safely and effectively.
• 
  Allocate staff resources to meet service demands and ensure adequate cleaning cover.
• 
  Work closely with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to ensure cleaning services meet operational needs and service level agreements.
• 
  Actively monitor cleaning methods and procedures, ensuring staff are competent and compliant with required standards.
• 
  Work independently to manage your workload and make decisions within your area of responsibility.
• 
  Provide leadership cover for the line manager during periods of annual leave and out-of-hours working, including evenings, nights and weekends.

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 see attached job description for further information about this opportunity.

Qualifications

• NHS / Care Sector Qualification
• External Care / Service Provider Qualification

Work Experience

• 2 years experience in care sector
• 1 year supervision experience in care

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