Bank Housekeeping Team Leader

The closing date is 10th Feb 2023

Job summary

The post holder is required to lead and supervise a large number of Housekeeping Assistants, under the supervision of the Housekeeping Manager, ensuring the environment is maintained to the highest possible standard. Responsible for delivering daily Housekeeping services including the daily allocation of work, monitoring standards of cleanliness, reporting of maintenance faults and ensuring all clinical and non-clinical areas are fit for purpose as outlined in the Cleaning Standards. 

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Duties Include but are not limited to:

*Allocate precise and clean instruction of work to all Housekeeping Operatives;

*Allocate rosters; ensure adequate staffing levels are provided to all areas

*Manage and approve staff annual leave and other types of leave

*To be visible on the 'shop floor'; monitoring departments and areas serviced by the Housekeeping

Department

*To undertake and carry out a formal monitoring of the service is being provided and record findings using a

Quality Assurance System

*To participate within the Department's management team; helping produce and deliver rectification plans

where required.

*Organise and participate in the carrying out and completion of specialist cleaning

*Ensure information on payroll systems is correct

*Manage staff where performance and sickness is necessary

*Respond to all calls for the Housekeeping and ensure that the Housekeeping 'Hot Line' is managed

*Manage and control the stock levels

*Ensure staff personal development needs are recorded; provide advice and information and feedback against

progress where appropriate.

*Monitor housekeeping training compliance

*Carry out local induction training for new staff

*Participate in interview selection panels for the recruitment of Housekeeping Operatives

*Ensure that all staff receive regular updates from the Chief Executive's Team Brief

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

* Please note: For more information in regards to this vacancy, please see the attached job description * 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Basic Education to GCSE level including Maths and English qualifications (E)

Trained or willingness to undertaketraining in a competence qualification incleaning, infection control and / or support service by an awarding body,NVQ or equivalent. (E)

Heartlands, Solihull and Heartlands Hospital Only: Willingness to achieve Level 2 Cleaningqualification or equivalent (e.g. NationalVocational Qualification NVQ orcertificated British Institute of Cleaning Science qualification (BICs) (E)

Solihull and Heartlands Hospital Only: Certified in or a willingness to achieve Level 2 Supervising Food Safety in Catering (E)

Experience

Essential

Knowledge of the NHS Cleaning

Standards (E)

Knowledge of health and safety (E)

Knowledge of COSHH (E)

Knowledge of the NHS policies, health

and safety, risk management and payroll

(E)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

For help with your application, contact: 

Jade Harold 

jade.harold@uhb.nhs.uk 

01214241340 

Pay scheme

Other 

Band

 

Salary

£10.81  to £15.67 Hourly 

Contract

Bank 

Working pattern

Part-Time, Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-270123YS 

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital 
Bordesley Green E 
Birmingham 
West Midlands 
B9 5SS 

Attachments

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