Healthcare Cleaning Supervisor

ISS World; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

ISS UK Limited is seeking a Healthcare Cleaning Supervisor to support the delivery of high-quality cleaning and facility services within NHS Royal Derby Hospital. You will lead large teams, monitor performance, and assist the Healthcare Cleaning Manager in planning and delivering services.

The role contributes to maintaining a clean, safe, and hygienic environment for patients, staff and visitors while ensuring standards and infection control compliance are met.

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare cleaning environment.
• Experience managing large teams.
• Experience completing employee appraisals.
• Strong performance monitoring skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work flexibly across shift patterns.
• Understanding of hygiene standards in hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Healthcare Cleaning teams daily, reporting to the Healthcare Cleaning Manager.
• Manage and coordinate a team of 20-30 cleaning staff per shift.
• Oversee daily cleaning operations across hospital wards and departments.
• Manage allocation sheets and ensure resources are deployed effectively.
• Conduct staff appraisals and support performance monitoring activities.
• Deliver training and provide ongoing guidance and supervision to team members.
• Liaise with ward teams, Housekeepers, and Department Leads to maintain standards.
• Ensure compliance with hygiene, infection control, dress code, and behavioural standards.

Skills

Supervision

Team leadership

Staff training

Performance monitoring

Communication skills

Flexible shifts

Hygiene standards

Job description

We are seeking a Healthcare Cleaning Supervisor to support the delivery of high-quality cleaning and associated facility services within NHS Royal Derby Hospital.

This role is responsible for helping to maintain a clean, safe, and hygienic environment for patients, staff, and visitors while ensuring services are delivered efficiently and in line with required standards.

Working Pattern

Rotating 3-week rota.

5 days out of 7, including 1 in 3 weekends. Flexible shift patterns covering:

• 7:00am to 2:00pm
• 11:00am to 7:00pm
• 2:00pm to 10:00pm

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced supervisor with a background in healthcare cleaning who can lead and motivate large teams, monitor performance, and support the Healthcare Cleaning Manager in the planning and delivery of services.

The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining operational standards and ensuring compliance with hygiene and infection control requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise Healthcare Cleaning teams on a day-to-day basis, reporting directly to the Healthcare Cleaning Manager.
• Manage and coordinate a team of 20-30 cleaning staff per shift.
• Oversee daily cleaning operations across hospital wards and departments.
• Manage allocation sheets and ensure resources are deployed effectively.
• Conduct staff appraisals and support performance monitoring activities.
• Deliver training and provide ongoing guidance and supervision to team members.
• Liaise with ward teams, Housekeepers, and Department Leads to maintain cleaning standards across clinical and non-clinical areas.
• Ensure compliance with hygiene, infection control, dress code, and behavioural standards while maintaining the professional image of the service.

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Experience working within a healthcare cleaning environment.
• Previous experience managing large teams.
• Experience completing employee appraisals.
• Strong performance monitoring skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work flexibly across shift patterns.
• Understanding of hygiene standards and operational service delivery within a hospital environment.
• Ability to establish, maintain, and review team objectives aligned to business goals.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience. Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people. We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger,

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ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.

We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.