Housekeeping Supervisor | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An opportunity has arisen for a Housekeeping Supervisor to become a member of the Supervisory team here at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, managing the day-to-day housekeeping and linen service across a 7 day working week. This role, whilst not having direct patient access, supports and underpins the patient’s experience and journey on a number of levels.
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The ideal candidate will live within 30 minutes of the hospital, have worked in a cleaning environment and be able to demonstrate a proven track record in supervising staff in line with local policies and procedures.
If you enjoy being busy and relish the opportunity to make a difference by providing a clean environment that meets national cleaning standards and are also able to share your skills and knowledge when it comes to both induction training and ongoing assessments of staff input and output, then this job could be for you!
The Housekeeping service also supports the nursing team with the provision of patient beverages and the meal service, hence a Food Hygiene Level 2 certificate would be advantageous.
The ability to confidently use a PC is essential as you will be carrying out regular cleaning audits, risk assessments, completing and updating COSHH data, along with the updating of cleaning schedules to meet the needs of the service.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Personal Specification, as all applications will be scored against the required criteria.
Full training will be provided for the successful candidate.
Planned interview date: tbc
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.For more information on OUH please viewOUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
You will need to be able to communicate positively with members of the public, all groups of staff and Estates and Facilities teams and be flexible in your daily approach to challenging situations. There will be times, when you will be working alongside the Housekeepers, in order to demonstrate cleaning procedures and also at times when the service is stretched.You will also have numerous opportunities to demonstrate your ability to juggle a number of tasks at once.
As part of the Housekeeping Supervisory team, you will also manage the linen and uniform service across the site, ensuring that adequate clean linen is provided to the wards and that uniforms are issued to staff in a timely manner.
This advert closes on Monday 21 Oct 2024