Housekeeping Supervisor

Princess Alexandra Hospital; Harlow; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow is seeking a Housekeeping Supervisor to lead and train housekeeping staff on wards, ensuring high standards of food safety and allergen awareness. The role requires flexibility to cover shifts due to leave or sickness in the supervisory team.

The supervisor will oversee rotas, uniforms, appraisals, welfare and discipline, and ensure safe, hygienic ward kitchens with proper waste handling and safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising housekeeping staff and delivering on-the-job training.
• Ensuring high standards of food safety and allergen awareness in patient-facing services.
• Ability to plan shifts, cover sickness/annual leave and manage rotas.
• Promotes compliance with Health and Safety policies, COSHH and fire regulations.
• Experience with incident reporting or near-miss systems (e.g., DATIX).

Responsibilities

• Manage and train housekeeping staff delivering Food and Beverage Services on wards.
• Issue uniforms, carry out staff appraisals and manage workload allocation.
• Create rotas to cover annual leave and sickness and supervise with shifts.
• Check ward kitchens, waste disposal and delivery presentations for patients.
• Ensure adherence to safety, hygiene and allergen guidelines in daily operations.
• Attend trainings and liaise with Heads of Departments and Ward Managers.

Skills

Line management

Staff training

Food safety

Allergen awareness

Shift planning

Rotas management

Health and safety

COSHH

Fire regulations

DATIX reporting

Job description

Job overview

Housekeeping Supervisor

Responsible for the line management and training of the housekeeping staff in the provision of the Food and Beverage Services on the wards at the Princess Alexandra Hospital whilst adhering to and maintaining the required high standards within food safety and allergen awareness guidelines and legislations.

Flexibility in this role is essential as the requirement to change shifts will be required to support annual leave and sickness cover within the supervisory team.

Please note this advert may close early due to sufficient applications being received.

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Main duties of the job

• Maintenance of a high standard of patient services which meets the agreed specification.
• Training including on the job training and local induction for new staff and refresher training for staff when required.
• Issuing and recording of all uniforms given to staff
• Carry out staff appraisals
• Allocation of work to cover unplanned absence e.g. sickness
• Completion of rotas ensuring cover for annual leave and sickness
• Assist in the general welfare and discipline of staff
• Undertake return to work meetings.
• Check delivery and presentation of Food and Beverages served to patient's, ensure wards store cupboards are replenished and orderly and deliveries unpacked.
• Issue and record any ad hoc items required by wards.
• Monitor usage of cleaning products and kitchen Standards
• Ensure all staff use safe working methods
• Carry out quality checks on ward kitchens
• Ensure that the waste is bring disposed of correctly and recorded accordingly
• Check all machinery is in good and safe working order, reporting any faults to the Estates Helpline and manager.
• Assist and supervise with special Dietary requirements
• To comply with national and local policies and procedures in relation to Health and Safety, COSHH and Fire Regulations.
• Reporting of all accidents, incidents or near misses on the DATIX system.
• Attend training sessions as required for future development.
• Carry out any other duties required by the House Keeping/ Catering Manager
• To work closely with other supervisors
• Liaise with Heads of Departments/ Ward Managers and other staff.
• Ensure Food safety and Allergen Awareness is being undertaken and acknowledged.