Head Housekeeper - Didcot Community Hospital
Band 3
Main area: Corporate Services
Grade: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 267-CS6498226-F
Site: Didcot Community Hospital
Town: Didcot
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum | pro-rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/03/2025 23:59
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion, so if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Head Housekeeper to join our team at the Didcot Community Hospital to manage porters and cleaners in order to ensure that all service standards are met and maintained.
The housekeeping team works closely with nursing staff to ensure a clean and safe environment for our patients as well as overseeing catering provisions. The role is full time (37.5 hours per week) and will involve shift work (7am – 3pm and 11am-7pm), weekends and bank holidays over a rolling rota, which will be paid at an enhanced rate.
If you're a strong team player with previous experience in housekeeping, customer service, and rota management, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
* Directly manage porters and cleaners and ensure that all service standards are met and maintained
* Carry out a localised induction with all new staff members managed by post holder
* Conduct annual appraisals and monthly supervisions for managed staff
* Be responsible for authorising annual leave and recording and managing sickness levels
* Ensure that all staff mandatory and task specific training is completed in liaison with Facilities co-ordinator
* Support line manager with rotas and cleaning schedules
* Ensure that staffing levels are maintained to adequately meet the service requirements; to highlight any issues immediately to line manager
* Manage stock levels for cleaning consumables, linen, and food stock levels and highlight shortages to line manager to order
Person specification
Education
* NVQ level 3 relevant certificate or relevant experience
Experience
* Experience of moving & handling activities
* Basic cleaning skills
* Some knowledge of cleaning chemicals/materials
* Previous experience of supervising staff
* Experience of working in a mental health care setting
Skills
* Ability to work by themselves as well as being part of a team
* An understanding of the principles of delivering quality customer service
* IT skills – basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
We’re advocates of flexible working, offering in many roles a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Samantha Wilcox
Job title: Acting Facilities Support Manager
Email address: Samantha.wilcox@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07917426596
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