Facilities Operational Supervisor

NHS Jobs; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Facilities Operational Supervisor to oversee the Patient Environment services at Leeds. The role ensures staff rotas, payroll and attendance are managed effectively, while maintaining high standards for cleaning and patient catering in a busy hospital setting.

Joining the Estates and Facilities Team, you will support the trust’s commitment to safe, high-quality care and lead a team to deliver service improvements and efficiency across sites.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising facilities operations and staff.
• Experience with Domestic Services and Cleaning Response Service is desirable.
• Ability to manage rosters, payroll and attendance.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management of staff rotas, including Health RostER online system.
• Oversee payroll, attendance management, and formal attendance meetings.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including patients and visitors.
• Ensure delivery of Cleaning and Patient Catering services to required standards.

Skills

Staff supervision

Rotas management

Payroll management

Attendance management

Stakeholder liaison

IT literacy

Communication

Tools

Health RostER online system

Job description

Are you an organised and motivated individual who is passionate about creating a safe, clean and efficient environment for our patients at Leeds?

If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen within our award-winning Facilities Operational Patient Environment team at both the Leeds General Infirmary Hospital and St Jamess University Hospital Sites in Leeds.

Main duties of the job

As a Facilities Operational Supervisor, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our patients, by operationally supervising the agreed block/services to ensure the Patient Environment action plan is achieved on time and to the required local and national standards.

The ideal candidate will have some previous experience working within some of the following functions and services, (list not exhaustive.)

Domestic Services

Cleaning Response Service

In addition to patient-facing requirements, you'll also provide vital support to the overarching departmental strategy, including sustaining an effective financial performance and improving efficiencies in our services.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

Why you should join our Team

Guided by our Leeds Way Values, we are committed to creating the best place to work and to being the employer of choice for Estates and Facilities in the region. By joining the Estates and Facilities Team at Leeds, you'll have access to a friendly support network with ongoing training, career progression and an excellent benefits package.

The recruitment process, after short listing, includes a scenario-based assessment and a formal interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Why you should join our Team

Guided by our Leeds Way Values, we are committed to creating the best place to work and to being the employer of choice for Estates and Facilities in the region. By joining the Estates and Facilities Team at Leeds, you'll have access to a friendly support network with ongoing training, career progression and an excellent benefits package.

The recruitment process, after short listing, includes a scenario-based assessment and a formal interview.

What you will bring to the role

The successful candidate could be supervising up to 40 staff, at any one time. This role is ‘key’ in ensuring that all the Cleaning and Patient Catering services are delivered to exceptional standards.

The Facilities Operational Supervisor position provides an ideal opportunity for a highly ambitious, skilled and focussed individual.

Day-to-day duties include: The daily management of staff rotas, including Health Roster online system, payroll, attendance management, including formal attendance meetings, audits & monitoring, direction & monitoring of daily activities, appraisals, acting upon patient feedback and Risk Assessments. The successful candidate will be responsible for liaising with both Internal and External Key stakeholders, alongside Patients & Visitors. Many of the shifts available, follow a 2-week rotational 11-hour shift pattern, which involves working every other weekend. In addition, to the direct staff management, the ideal candidate will be:

• A team player
• Committed to continuous learning and development
• Proactive in resolving potential operational issues
• Organised and able to prioritise workloads for themselves and others
• Be a good communicator
• Maintain calmness and relay confidence in a busy working environment
• Able to work on own initiative
• Committed to supporting Health & Wellbeing of those working within their teams
• Have good numeracy & literacy levels
• Possess good IT skills

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Person Specification

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.