Our client is currently looking to recruit a Housekeeping Supervisor to join them on a temporary basis, initially for 1 year Job Purpose: To supervise the day to day housekeeping and linen service team Be responsible for ensuring high standards of cleaning are maintained in line with the National Specifications for Cleanliness in the NHS. To work as an integral part of the Estates & Facilities Team ensuring a high quality services to patients. To support ward staff in the delivery of protected patient meal times. Provide a hospital Linen service to all wards and departments. Key Responsibilities: Maintain high standards of cleanliness in line with agreed procedures which aim to reduce the risk of hospital acquired infections. Implement and abide by the strict National Colour Coding System for cleaning within a healthcare environment. To introduce changes to working frequencies and input hours in line with service needs and guidance. Ensure staff complete tasks in line with agreed cleaning schedules and time frames. To provide all staff with full training in all aspects of the role, ensuring training records are signed off and kept up to date. To manage staff sickness, annual leave and absence in line with key Trust policies,ensuring service needs take priority at all times. To complete staff return to work interviews following any periods of sickness. To manage staff performance in line with Trust Performance and Conduct Policies. To provide weekly staff performance returns in relation to annual leave, sickness, overtime and vacancies. To carry out National Cleaning Standards Audits of all areas. Identify any shortfalls and work with housekeeping staff to ensure each area meets the agreed cleaning targets. Ensure an adequate level of hospital linen is ordered to accommodate daily requirements and ensure contingency stock levels are maintained. Ensure clean linen requirements are collated daily (Mon Fri) and sufficient quantities of linen is delivered to required areas. Ensure sufficient quantities of cleaning mops are washed and available at all times. Provide copies of all ward cleaning audits to the Ward Sisters, which will form part of their monthly ward performance reporting. Spend time with staff in their areas of work to provide support and guidance ensuring open communication between clinical and operational teams. To take responsibility for the safe storage of all cleaning products and materials, ensuring hazardous chemicals are locked safely within cleaning trolleys and resource cupboards. To carry out risk assessments and develop safe systems of work for all housekeeping related tasks, ensuring all staff have access to these documents as part of individual staff training. To provide and maintain all COSHH information relating to all cleaning products, ensuring all housekeeping staff have access to this information. To ensure all staff are provided with, and wear the appropriate uniform and PPE whilst on duty. To ensure records for the management of housekeeping consumables are maintained and provided to the Housekeeping Manager on a monthly basis. Ensure catering consumables, crockery and cutlery is available for each ward area. To carry out staff appraisals on an annual basis ensuring set objects relate to performance targets and core Trust Values. To ensure all staff complete the required statutory and mandatory training in line with their contract of employment. This role will be working 5 days from 7 ADZN1_UKTJ