Main area: Domestic Services
Grade Band: 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 2x 21-hour contracts predominantly working 3 on 3 off 6-hour shifts between the hours of 14.00-22.00pm
Job ref: 205-6711564-A
Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: County Hospital
Town: Stafford
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
Domestic Supervisor
Band 3
Job overview
The Estates, Facilities & PFI Division of the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust are looking to appoint dynamic, enthusiastic Facilities Supervisors to support the Soft FM Domestic services. Candidates will predominantly be based at our County Hospital Site. However, on occasions, there may be an element of across-site working at our Royal Stoke Site. In the event of this, free shuttle bus transport is provided from each Site.
The individual will be adaptable, self-motivated, able to prioritise their own workload and use their own initiative to achieve set objectives and all duties and tasks required by the Trust, to support the delivery of the Housekeeping Services. Along with supporting the continuation of unity between County and Stoke Site practices through the meeting of key performance targets relating to the National Cleaning Standards guidelines around Infection Prevention, maintenance standards, PLACE, and the reduction of hospital-acquired infections.
Main duties of the job
As part of the FM Services Team, the FM Services Supervisor will be responsible for managing the daily delivery of an efficient and effective customer-focused quality service, appropriately and on time. The scope of the service being, but not limited to Cleaning and Residencies. Liaise with and maintain business relationships with representatives of management within the Trust and other agencies as requested.
With a team of over 100 staff members, comprising of Supervisors and Facilities Service Support Assistants, candidates will require well-practiced leadership skills of a high standard along with the confidence to challenge practices in order to continue to the department’s success.
This role is both challenging and rewarding and will require an individual who is organized, consistent, has good leadership skills and a knowledge of cleaning processes, COSHH, and Health & Safety.
As an organization, we recognize the importance of work-life balance, achieved through flexibility. Therefore, we encourage an adaptive approach to start and finish times, to meet the right candidate’s needs. In turn, the successful candidate will need to be flexible in their working approach, as there will be a requirement to work varied shifts including some weekends.
Working for our organization
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfill their true potential.
UHNM creates and encourages a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return, we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients, and carers, that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, we know that investing in, supporting, and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on working for the Trust, please visit the Trust's website and see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Basic numeracy and literacy.
* Ability to complete paperwork relevant to duties.
* NVQ Assessors Award in Supervisory or similar.
Essential and desirable
* To have worked in a service/customer environment.
* Ability to follow instruction and provide information, training, process, and procedures to other Facilities staff.
* Previous working experience within an NHS environment within Domestic Services/Housekeeping.
* To have an understanding of H&S, COSHH, and Risk Assessments.
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith, or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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