Facilities Housekeeping Supervisor (Carlisle & Brampton)

NHS; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in North Cumbria seeks a Facilities Housekeeping Supervisor to oversee a team ensuring high standards of cleanliness and catering services across Trust premises. The role involves managing staff, maintaining safety standards, and ensuring a positive service experience for patients and visitors. Applicants should demonstrate leadership experience, relevant certifications, and a commitment to quality care. This position offers competitive pay and various employee benefits.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

Employee Assistance Programme

Relocation assistance

Qualifications

• Demonstrate a period of leading a team within a busy environment.
• Experience working with computers and IT based systems.
• Domestic experience working within a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of housekeeping staff to maintain cleanliness standards.
• Manage staff distribution and ensure adequate staffing levels.
• Complete weekly timesheets and monitor sickness records.

Skills

Leadership

Customer Care

Cleanliness

Diplomacy

Education

Certificate in COSHH

Certificate in HACCP

Certificate in Health & Safety

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Facilities Housekeeping Supervisor (Carlisle & Brampton)

The closing date is 29 May 2025

To Supervise a team of Housekeeping staff in providing good quality, safe catering and cleanliness services to wards and departments throughout Trust premises for all staff, patients and visitors.

To promote and provide a high standard of domestic services and in house catering

All staff are expected to work to the trust values

Adhere to trust policies and procedures, attend mandatory training

Treat everyone with dignity and respect, act in ways that support equality and diversity

Main duties of the job

Manage staff distribution across the departments and sites and make adjustments as and when necessary depending on staffing levels. Ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained to cover the service needs Supervise all staff and monitor standards of work throughout their shift, Demonstrate duties and be responsible for the training of new and existing staff, Deal effectively and efficiently with all departmental problems and complaints, Motivate staff and maintain effective communication

Complete weekly timesheets, monitor and maintain sickness records for all staff, completing all necessary paperwork & recording on the ESR System

Adhere to Trust Infection Prevention Policies

Be responsible for maintaining a healthy, safe and secure working environment, ensure all equipment is in good working order, is checked, maintained and recorded.

Maintain a positive Trust image at all times, ensuring security of the department at all times, adequate preparation for the following days shifts to be completed to meet the needs of the service

Delegate daily tasks and monitor work to maintain a high cleanliness standard throughout. Ensure a safe meal regeneration and delivery service is in operation on a daily basis

Ensure all cleaning schedules are adhered too, deal with any problems and complaints straight away

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:

• Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Unlock Tel: [phone], email [e-mail] or complete the online form on the Unlock website

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Please note the cost of the DBS check has increased from 2nd December 2024

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Certificate in COSHH
• Certificate in HACCP
• Certificate in Health & Safety

Experience

• Demonstrate a period of leading a team within a busy environment.
• Experience working with computers and IT based systems
• Domestic experience working within a healthcare setting
• Relevant supervisory experience

Knowledge

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
• Cleanliness in Hospitals
• Knowledge of customer care
• Knowledge of a hospital environment
• Diplomacy

Personal Circumstances

• High personal standards in cleanliness
• Full clean driving licence

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.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

£24,625 to £25,674 a yearPer Annum Pro Rata