Housekeeping Team Leader

Nuffield Health; Stafford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare charity is seeking a Housekeeping Team Leader to manage the cleaning team at North Staffs Hospital. Responsibilities include ensuring high cleanliness standards, supervising staff, managing stock, and complying with health regulations. Candidates should possess strong communication and leadership skills, with an eye for detail. A robust benefits package, including gym membership and health assessments, is offered.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Experience in a housekeeping or cleaning role is preferred.
• Ability to manage a team and motivate others.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective use of cleaning products and equipment.
• Manage stock levels for cleaning supplies.
• Schedule and maintain rotas, and track training records.
• Act as a point of contact for resolving issues.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Supervise the housekeeping team and ensure high standards.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Leadership skills

Good IT skills

Customer service skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Housekeeping Team Leader

North Staffs Hospital | Cleaning | Permanent | Full time

Up to £30,000 depending on experience

37.5 hours per week

At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it’s driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want – we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.

Keeping our hospitals clean is a big priority for us. At Nuffield Health, we believe a clean and safe environment is essential to delivering outstanding care. We’re looking for a Housekeeping Team Leader to supervise and support our cleaning team, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and service for our patients, staff, and visitors. Bringing strong communication and leadership skills, you’ll manage rotas, oversee stock control, and prioritise workloads effectively. With good IT and customer service skills, as well as an eye for detail, you’ll also play a hands‑on role in daily housekeeping duties, helping to create a welcoming and safe environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cleaning products and equipment are used effectively, following health and safety procedures while meeting service deadlines.
• Monitor and manage stock levels, ensuring the team has the resources they need to maintain high standards.
• Oversee key administrative tasks, including scheduling and maintaining rotas, stock control, conducting audits, and keeping training records up to date.
• Act as the main point of contact for reporting and resolving issues within work areas or equipment, liaising with the management team to find effective solutions and dealing with complaints.
• Maintain a safe and hygienic environment, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, including audits.
• Providing day to day supervision of the housekeeping team, including scheduling work, inductions, development and training, tracking leave and absences.
• Ensure work is completed efficiently, to high standards, and in line with infection prevention policies and agreed procedures.

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

It starts with you.