Housekeeping Supervisor

Ensuring PDRs are completed

Ensuring return to works are completed

Ensuring all mandatory training is kept up to date

Ensuring the washing of mops is completed throughout the shift

Booking staff annual leave

Answering any queries from other wards/areas

To provide

daily supervision of staff ensuring daily contact with all staff on duty. To deal with and rectify minor problems

which arise on a daily basis. To have an understanding and carry out the

governments guidelines on the National

Standards of cleanliness. To take a pro-active approach to

cleaning, constantly striving to improve the quality of service provided. To carry out staff appraisals. To carry out

staff induction. To provide

comprehensive training to all new members of staff. To have an understanding of infection

control and to ensure compliance within the Department. To maintain

confidentiality at all times. To liaise with staff within the hospital

on day-to-day issues relating to the housekeeping service. To deal with complaints in the first instance. To raise with the Housekeeping Services Manager, any issues which may affect the quality of housekeeping

service.

organise and plan work rotas ensuring maximum efficiency of staff. To allocate keys and ensure key log

sheet is signed, and that returned keys are logged in. To allocate supplies of cleaning

chemicals and consumables. To be responsive to telephone requests ensuring a prompt service at all times. To authorise annual leave ensuring

minimal disruption to the service. To carry out staff return to work

interviews following a period of sickness absence and bring to the attention to

the Assistant Housekeeping Services Manager any problems. To attend departmental meetings. To re-train staff annually or more

frequently if required. To provide a mop washing

service, in line with the departmental procedures. To ensure that all staff comply with the

uniform policy. To cover areas of work in the event of staffing shortages.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large

acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute

services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a

larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from

three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our

caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred

care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to

work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our

everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise

accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working

within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a

DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check

(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting

Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Qualifications

Essential: - Previous supervisor experience; - Basic Education; - Basic IT knowledge; - Experience in use of floor scrubbers

Desirable: - Cleaning experience in a healthcare or similar environment.; - COSHH knowledge; - Health and Safety knowledge