Facilities Supervisor - Evenings
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our highly motivated, dedicated team of Domestics as a supervisor based at Leighton Hospital.
As a Facilities Supervisor, you are responsible for planning and organising the cleaning operations for our hospital, wards and other areas.
Main duties of the job
You will also get involved in other management tasks such as:
recruiting and training staff
arranging staff rotas
making sure all cleaning meets quality standards
managing absence and discipline
controlling budgets
You will also get involved in hands-on cleaning so be prepared to roll your sleeves up!
Our ideal candidate will need to be reliable, flexible, and good team player. We need someone with good interpersonal and communication skills, someone who is organised, and sensible.
You will be covering 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm working alternate weekends and shared Bank Holidays.
For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact the Assistant Facilities Manager on 01270 278322.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million. During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
Responsible for the day to day supervision of staff, managing rosters, organisation of staff training, planning staff attendance and allocating annual leaver; applying National and Trust standards to the delivery of service; supporting the Trust’s expectation of values and behaviours and reporting on quality and assurance.
SERVICE DELIVERY- To deliver cleaning services in accordance with service level agreements,
- To deliver services within agreed financial budgets and targets
- Work together with contractors on site for window cleaning, air deodorisers and maintenance of plant displays to enable their agreed services are provided in accordance with specifications.
- Prioritise tasks for cleaning services dependant on the designated risk
- Record and follow up actions taken in relation to customer/ service user issues
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Nvq 2
skills
Essential criteria- computer literate
- previous supervisor experience or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Health care establishment and knowledge
- Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.
- All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.
- Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.
- Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure that their employees have a “right to work” in the UK. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hold a Sponsor Licence, which means that we MAY be able to sponsor you IF the role meets the UK Government requirements for sponsorship. Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. To be eligible for sponsorship, the role must be in an eligible occupation code and must meet the skill level and the minimum salary threshold (usually £38,700 per year for Skilled Worker or £23,200 for Health Care Worker Visa). You can find more information on the Government website.
- Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the entry point (bottom) of the pay band.
- Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.
- Please provide a contact email address for referees when you submit your application. We will not request any references until after you have been made a formal job offer.
- You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
- We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.
- Some posts may have implications on existing NHS Pension Scheme arrangements. For further information please visit the NHS Pensions Agency website: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-pensions
- Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.