Patient Environment Services Supervisor - Furness General Hospital

NHS; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Barrow-in-Furness is seeking a Patient Environment Services Supervisor. The role involves supervising a team to ensure high standards of cleaning and portering services at Furness General Hospital. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in a supervisory role, along with strong leadership and communication skills. This full-time position includes shifts and requires effective collaboration with hospital staff to maintain cleanliness and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team in a busy environment.
• Ability to deal with information sensitively and confidentially.
• Knowledge of cleaning in a large healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support Patient Environment Service Assistants.
• Prioritize workload and staff location for efficient service.
• Ensure compliance with cleaning standards and operational policies.

Skills

Leadership

Team Working

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

NVQ 2 or equivalent experience

Certificate in COSHH

Health and Safety Certificate

Job description

Patient Environment Services Supervisor - Furness General Hospital

The post holder will supervise a team of staff in providing a quality and efficient comprehensive portering, domestic cleaning and site services at our Furness General Hospital site in line with the National Cleaning Standards, department Standing Operational Procedures and Trust Policies.

To ensure a high standard of Patient Environmental Site services are delivered across a range of facilities services.

To provide excellent customer service to our patients, colleagues and members of the public at all times.

Communicate effectively and in a timely manner with a range of hospital staff, the public, patients and colleagues across the Trust

This position is full time and includes shifts including weekends

Main duties of the job

Providing supervision, support, training and development to Patient Environment Service Assistants.

Carry out administration duties in line with the job role, departmental procedures and Trust policies. Carry out own team appraisals and return to work sickness meetings and review meetings as required.

Prioritise work load and location of staff in order to provide a quality and efficient service.

Arrangement of duty rotas to suit the needs of the service, planning and allocating holiday requests. Covering sickness and working within financial constraints of the department set by management following approval and under the guidance of line management.

Ensuring correct usage of approved cleaning materials to the manufacturer's specification and COSSH data sheets.

To review, audit and ensure that work is carried out by the service staff in accordance with work schedules, in line with the national cleanliness standard and Trust operational policies.

Full Details On The Job Description Attached

About us

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• Relevant related NVQ 2 or equivalent experience or (British Institute Cleaning Science) BICS qualification in cleaning sciences (2)
• Demonstrate a period of leading a team within a busy Environment. Team Working (2) Relevant Supervisory Experience (2) Experience working with computers IT based systems (2)
• Ability to deal with information sensitively and confidentially (2) Deal with a diverse range of people face to face (2) Able to demonstrate leadership skills (2) Ability to deal with internal and external communication using both verbal and written material (2) Team Building skills (2) Able to demonstrate problem solving methods (2) Able to demonstrate and address manual handling assessments (2)
• Ability to travel between the Trust sites as required (2) To demonstrate flexibility in approach to work patterns (2)
• Certificate in COSHH (2) Award in Risk Assessment (2) Gas safety awareness certificate (2) Certificate in Health and Safety (2)
• Knowledge of Cleaning in a large setting or health care establishment (2) Knowledge of medical gas handling (2) Knowledge of customer care (2) Knowledge of acute hospital environment (2)
• Able to communicate within a team and provide diverse feedback to colleagues and line managers (2) Able to assess and communicate risks within their area of responsibility (2)
• Deal with day to day work loads (2)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£24,625 to £25,674 a yearPro rata based on 37.5 hours per week