Job summary
- Main area
- Estates & Facilities
- Grade
- LLW - £14.44 per hour
- Contract
- Permanent: Not Agenda for Change contract, please not varying terms & conditions
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 343-NN-5949363-E&F-Z-A-HM
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom General Hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £14.44 Hourly Salary
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Cleaning Supervisor
LLW - £14.44 per hour
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
To provide the cleaning services, as part of the Site Services team in providing a high-quality supervisory role within the cleaning and porter service supplying the organisation’s core services in terms of a comprehensive, professional and integrated service within the community premises. This role is a vital and essential element to healthcare safety and compliance with infection prevention and control standards.
Main duties of the job
- Provide excellent customer service to patient’s and colleagues throughout the Trust
- Uses cleaning products carefully, and in line with instructions and provided training,
- Looks after equipment, keeping it clean, well maintained and is a safe working order
- Reports any safety deficiencies, incidents, near misses, ill health and environmental incidents to their manager.
- Complies with standards as set up in the company procedures and through training delivered.
- Ability to carry out cleaning task including some moving of stores /equipment
- Able to engage support and motivate and inspire teams to deliver the cleaning service.
- Ensures that all times they comply with the NHS colour coding system
- Has full knowledge and understanding of the designated cleaning area, including the agreed work to be carried out and time allocated to their area.
- To monitor standards of cleanliness and supervise the daily cleaning schedules within the hospital.
- Work closely and support eRoster Coordinator, to ensure annual leave and absence is covered effectively
- Effectively cleans clinical / non-clinical and sanitary areas within the allocated area of the hospital using the correct tools and equipment. All areas to be cleaned to the prevailing standards.
- Undertakes additional duties as required by their supervisor in line with capabilities.
- Communicates effectively with all the teams to ensure there is a seamless way of working across the contract.
Working for our organisation
We offer an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynaecology to over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey. We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital. We are also part of two innovative intergrated care partnerships - Sutton Health and Care and Surrey Downs Health and Care.
St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E) and Maternity services (Obstetrics).
With nearly 900,000 people coming to our hospitals for care and treatment every year, our almost 5,000 staff and 500 volunteers work around the clock to keep our busy hospitals running smoothly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
***Salary £14.44 per hour. Please note this opportunity is NOT Agenda For Change and terms & conditions vary from Agenda for Change***
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Basic understanding or a willingness to complete appropriate qualification and training which includes: • Knowledge of cleaning procedures • COSHH Procedures • Infection and Prevention Control
Desirable criteria
- BICSc Qualification / NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Maintains a smart, professional and hygienic appearance. Positive can do attitude Good customer service skills Able to engage, support, motivate and inspire teams
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good basic education which includes reading and writing and basic numeric skills
Desirable criteria
- To complete role following training policies including but not limited to BICS, Manual Handling, Health and Safety
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to read, write and converse in English Able to understand and following written and verbal instructions Effective oral and written communication skills Proven supervisory skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in cleaning industry Experience of managing sickness absence, conducting staff appraisals and performance management
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
.png "National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark")
.jpg "Disability Advice Line")
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vincent Hazeltine
- Job title
- Cleaning Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07391 863159
List jobs with Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in Support Services or all sectors