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Domestic/Porter Team Leader
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working a 2 week rota, includes every other weekend)
Job ref
270-TE904-CORP-A
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Berrywood Hospital
Town
Northampton
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Domestic / Porter Team Leader

Band 3

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Hotel Services Domestic Team Leader to work at Berrywood Hospital. This is a hands-on position, which involves all aspects of cleaning duties, planning staff levels and rotas, ordering supplies and ensuring compliance with trust policies and legislation. You will also represent the hotel services department at hospital departmental meetings and liaise with clinical and other staff to ensure the efficient and smooth running of the department.

The post is 37.5 hours a week with a 2 week rota.

Week 1: Monday – Friday 07:30 – 15:30 (30 minute unpaid break)

Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday 07:00 – 15:30 (30 minute unpaid break)

Main duties of the job

As the ideal candidate you will:

  • Ensure a high-quality service is provided throughout Trust sites.
  • Responsible for training, supervision, & guidance of staff, including induction and training of new staff.
  • A ‘hands on’ approach, working with others to ensure a safe and pleasant environment is provided.
  • Complete annual appraisals for staff, deliver monthly team briefs and communicate Trust and Department news and updates.
  • To ensure compliance with all relevant statutory legislation, using chemicals in a safe and economical manner.
  • Liaise with infection control as required. complete regular quality control audits in your area.
  • Provide cover for staff and other Team Leaders in their absence.
  • To liaise with Ward Managers on matters relating to Hotel Services.
  • Compilation of duty rotas, holiday entitlement and allocation of work within your team. Ensure that enough staff are on duty at any given time to maintain the service within budget and facilitate the smooth running of the department within area of responsibility. Perform return to work interviews with staff on return from sickness.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • General education including literacy and numeracy
  • An understanding of the importance of health and safety
  • An understanding of the importance of hygiene

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in similar role
  • Use, experience and knowledge of computer technologies

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Antonio Casella
Job title
Hotel Services Supervisor
Email address
[email protected]
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