Facilities Supervisor (XN03)

Integrated Care System; Otley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Otley is seeking a Facilities Supervisor to lead a team managing cleaning, catering, and portering services. The role requires strong leadership skills, a good level of food safety knowledge, and supervisory experience in healthcare settings. Candidates should be adaptable and capable of working with diverse teams, focusing on high service standards. Full training provided, and opportunities for career development are available.

Benefits

Ongoing training

Career progression

Excellent benefits package

Qualifications

• Previous supervisor experience in hospital environment.
• Knowledge of cleaning & catering operational practices.
• Experience of HPV treatments and processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily & advance rotas to meet service needs.
• Ensure food safety systems are maintained.
• Provide training, coaching & guidance to staff.
• Monitor health and safety or food safety concerns.

Skills

Ability to work under own initiative and adapt to change

Ability to encourage and support staff

Basic administrative skills

Ability to complete basic Risk Assessments

Education

Food safety level 2

Good level of English & maths

Food safety level 3

Tools

Basic IT skills (Microsoft Office)

Job description

TheFacilities team have an amazing opportunity for a Band 3 Facilities Supervisor,initially based at Chapel Allerton for up to 6 months to allow training andfamiliarisation but with the permanent role being at Wharfedale Hospital(Otley). This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to move intofacilities management, as the role involves managing Ward Housekeepers,porters, domestics, waste, linen and patient catering services, and so willenable the right candidate to move into a wide variety of future roles as partof their career progression. It is a true total facilities managementopportunity!

Therole requires working a 2 week rolling rota with 11 hour working days, givingan average 37.5hrs per week, it is a requirement of the role to work alternateweekends. You will have responsibility for the management of the facilitiesstaff across a variety of wards and departments in the completion of theirallocated duties cleaning, ward catering & portering. The role is alsorequired to provide supervisor cover at Chapel Allerton or Seacroft sites ifneeded and as such own transport would be advantageous or use of publictransport.

Eachof the peripheral sites provides some very unique clinical environmentscompared to the LGI & SJUH sites, although all are busy, but because of theway the sites are structured they have a very supportive feel to them, whichmakes this an excellent opportunity to learn new skills or develop existingskills.

Main duties of the job

Expected ShortlistingDate

18/08/2025

Planned InterviewDate

28/08/2025

TheFacilities Supervisor is the first line manager for a team of housekeeping(approx 50) & portering (approx 10) staff undertaking tasks associated withthe provision of catering, cleaning and portering duties to patients in wardsand other patient areas. Ensuring that staff are correctly deployed each day inaccordance with the agreed master roster to ensure all service obligations aremet and that all team members carry out their duties in accordance with laiddown procedures and policies. Complete regular monitoring to ensure that thefunctional areas are maintained to a high level standard of service andquality.

Therole will be responsible for allocation of annual leave; attendance managementreviews; staff health and wellbeing; monitoring cleaning & cateringstandards at ward/department level; ensuring porterage service is beingcompleted effectively; annual appraisals; ensuring on site catering serviceunit is being operated in line trust requirements; provision of training,guidance, support and instruction to on site staff; completion of wagesubmissions; completion of all department required paper & IT based assurancesystems which relate to the role/service requirements; reviewing &responding to patient concerns.

About us

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is one of the largest employers in Leeds, employing over20,000 staff and providing care to 1.6 million patients every year. TheFacilities team keep the Trust's sites running and manage one of the largestestate portfolios across the NHS. With over 2,500 staff working in the team,we provide a range of facilities management services and ensure our buildingsand environments are fit for purpose, clean and safe. Whether we're cleaningwards, maintaining buildings, monitoring environmental impact, providingstaff childcare, delivering hot meals to patients or patrolling our sites, wesupport the delivery of patient care. Guided by our Leeds Way Values, we arecommitted to creating the best place to work and being the employer of choice.By joining the team, you'll have access to a friendly support network withongoing training, career progression and an excellent benefits package

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Pleasesee attached job description for full breakdown of task requirements howeverit can be highlighted as follows:

-ensuring daily & advance rotas are planned to meet service needs

-ensuring all patient feeding requirements are completed in line with Trustrequirements, including stock management, menu ordering & completion

-ensuring all food safety systems are maintained

-ensuring cleaning standards are achieved using correct techniques andequipment

-providing training, coaching & guidance to all staff

-taking initial capability or conduct steps in line with trust policy

-liaise with other supervisors on alternate shift to ensure continuity ofservices

-complete all stock & stores orders are placed correctly using Trustordering systems

-all attendance management and welfare related concerns with staff are carriedout

-monitor and take proactive actions in regards to health and safety or foodsafety concerns

-Support the PLACE assessments & aims in a proactive manner

-attend any training as required for the completion of duties of self &others under direct management

-complete all required audits as required for the role

-use provided IT systems to facilitate the completion of role

Person Specification

Additional Requirements

• Able to drive & have access to own car when required.

Skills & Behaviours

• Ability to work under own initiative and adapt to change
• Ability to encourage and support their staff in the service provision
• The ability to carry out basic administrative skills including accurately recording
• The ability to carry out presentations/team briefs to team members
• The ability to complete basic Risk Assessments

Qualifications

• Food safety level 2
• Good level of English & maths
• Food safety level 3

Experience

• previous supervisor experience in hospital environment
• knowledge of current cleaning & catering operational practices within hospital environment
• Ability to provide key training to team members
• Basic IT skills (ie, basic knowledge of Microsoft Office packages)
• Experience of HPV treatments and processes
• knowledge of current cleaning & catering operational practices

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.