Facilities Services Supervisor (Community)

Royal Devon; Tiverton; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Staff discounts

Job summary

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Facilities Services Supervisor to oversee cleaning, catering, laundry and linen across 4 to 5 community hospitals. Based at Tiverton Hospital, you will lead frontline teams, coordinate staffing, monitor quality and deliver cost-effective services to support patient care across multiple sites.

You will require supervisory experience, strong communication and the ability to manage priorities across sites.

Qualifications

• Supervisory or team leadership experience.
• Ability to organise workloads across multiple sites.
• Experience in facilities management, cleaning or catering is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing cleaning, catering, laundry and linen services
• Allocating staff to work areas
• Monitoring service performance across sites
• Responding to changing operational priorities
• Identifying and escalating maintenance issues
• Supporting infection prevention and control requirements
• Contributing to delivery of high-quality, cost-effective services

Skills

Supervisory experience

Team leadership

People management

Job description

Role Summary

Are you an experienced supervisor who enjoys leading people and keeping essential services running smoothly?
We're looking for a Facilities Services Supervisor to oversee facilities services in several community hospitals. Based at Tiverton Hospital, you'll lead teams delivering cleaning, catering, laundry and linen services, helping to create safe, welcoming environments for patients, visitors and colleagues.

This is a varied role with a mix of people management, service coordination and quality assurance. You'll work across multiple sites, support frontline teams, solve day-to-day operational challenges and ensure high standards are maintained across all aspects of facilities service delivery.
If you have supervisory experience and enjoy working with people, managing priorities and making a visible difference to services every day, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

As Facilities Services Supervisor, you'll oversee the day-to-day delivery of facilities services across 4 to 5 community hospitals, ensuring services run efficiently and consistently across all sites.
You'll support and supervise facilities staff, coordinate staffing cover, manage daily operational issues and carry out quality checks to ensure services meet Trust standards. Working closely with ward teams, managers and support services, you'll help maintain clean, safe and welcoming environments that support excellent patient care.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing cleaning, catering, laundry and linen services
• Allocating staff to work areas
• Monitoring service performance
• Responding to changing operational priorities
• Identifying and escalating maintenance issues
• Supporting compliance with infection prevention and control requirements
• Contributing to the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective services.

We're looking for someone with supervisory or team leadership experience who can build positive working relationships, organise workloads effectively and maintain high standards across multiple sites. Experience in facilities management, cleaning services, catering, hospitality, housekeeping or similar operational environments would be valuable.
The role is based at Tiverton District Hospital and covers community hospitals across the Northern and Eastern locality.
Regular travel between sites is therefore required, and applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle.

To contribute to and work within a safe working environment

As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation TrustandNorthern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

About Us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more

It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:

• National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
• Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
• Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.

• Salary Band 3: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
• Frequency Annual
• Vacancy Reference 185-63303-14642
• Contract Type Permanent
• Closing Date 11 November, 2026
• Job Category Cleaning & Facilities
• Location Tiverton and District Hospital, Kennedy Way, Tiverton, Devon, United Kingdom