Healthcare Cleaning Supervisor: Lead Safe, Clean Premises

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals is seeking a day-to-day supervisor for the cleaning service across its community and hospital premises in Carshalton. You will lead cleaning staff, assign duties, and monitor schedules to ensure high standards of cleanliness, safety, and infection prevention in line with National Standards.

You will coordinate staffing, conduct briefings and competency checks, maintain records, and liaise with clinical teams and service users to resolve operational issues

Responsibilities

• Provide visible day-to-day leadership and supervision to cleaning staff across designated areas.
• Allocate daily duties and ensure cleaning schedules are completed within the required timescales and to the expected standard.
• Monitor staffing levels and work closely with the eRoster Coordinator and management team to ensure annual leave, sickness absence and other staffing gaps are covered effectively.
• Monitor standards of cleanliness through regular inspections and audits, addressing failures promptly and recording all actions taken.
• Ensure staff understand their designated areas, cleaning responsibilities, frequencies, risk categories and the time allocated to complete their duties.
• Conduct staff briefings, toolbox talks, competency checks and other required supervisory activities.
• Maintain accurate records relating to cleaning schedules, audits, training, competencies, attendance, staffing and completed actions.
• Communicate effectively with clinical teams, department managers, patients, visitors and colleagues, responding professionally to concerns and service requests.
• Ensure cleaning products are used safely and correctly, in accordance with manufacturer instructions, COSHH assessments and the training provided.
• Monitor the condition and cleanliness of equipment, ensuring it is maintained in safe working order

Job description

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals is seeking a day-to-day supervisor for the cleaning service across its community and hospital premises in Carshalton. You will lead cleaning staff, assign duties, and monitor schedules to ensure high standards of cleanliness, safety, and infection prevention in line with National Standards.

You will coordinate staffing, conduct briefings and competency checks, maintain records, and liaise with clinical teams and service users to resolve operational issues