Healthcare Cleaning Supervisor: Lead, Train & Audit

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in Bath is seeking a Cleaning Supervisor to lead and motivate cleaning teams, ensuring a clean, safe and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and staff.

You will monitor cleanliness standards through audits, provide training and performance feedback, allocate resources to meet service demands and work with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to deliver services in line with national standards.

Qualifications

• Good general level of education to GCSE standard.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
• NVQ Level 2 in Infection Control and Customer Care or equivalent experience.
• Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate or willingness to undertake qualification.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate cleaning staff to ensure an effective and efficient cleaning service across Trust sites.
• Monitor cleanliness standards through regular audits, ensuring any issues are identified and addressed promptly.
• Provide training, support and performance monitoring to help staff work safely and effectively.
• Allocate staff resources to meet service demands and ensure adequate cleaning cover.
• Work closely with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to ensure cleaning services meet operational needs and service level agreements.
• Actively monitor cleaning methods and procedures, ensuring staff are competent and compliant with required standards.
• Work independently to manage your workload and make decisions within your area of responsibility.
• Provide leadership cover for the line manager during periods of annual leave and out-of-hours working, including evenings, nights and weekends.

Skills

Staff management

Cleaning operations

Training delivery

Quality monitoring

Budget awareness

MS Word

Excel

Education

GCSE equivalent

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

NVQ Level 2 in Infection Control and Customer Care

Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in Bath is seeking a Cleaning Supervisor to lead and motivate cleaning teams, ensuring a clean, safe and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and staff.

You will monitor cleanliness standards through audits, provide training and performance feedback, allocate resources to meet service demands and work with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to deliver services in line with national standards.