Housekeeping Supervisor

All general housekeeping duties will be required within a mental health inpatient environment to set procedures and to ensure the cleanliness of a hospital environment is maintained to a high standard by CoSHH, health and safety, and infection control measures in place.

This may include the support and serving of patient mealtimes; therefore, direct patient contact will be required.

You will be a team player and have the ability to use your initiative to prioritise and organise daily duties whilst maintaining the Trust Values.

The unit is operational 7 days a week; this is a full-time position. Supervisors work Monday to Friday, although you may be asked to work weekends and bank holidays if the ward is short of housekeepers.

You will be required to order food provisions and general stock.

You will also conduct supervisions and appraisals of staff.

If you have experience of being able to manage staff and deliver cleaning to a high standard and enjoy working as part of a team, then this could be the role for you.

We are committed to supporting you to become the best version of yourself., We are looking for a friendly, reliable and hard-working candidate who will be flexible and organised with good interpersonal and communication skills.

This role will include supervising a team of housekeepers alongside a second supervisor and supporting the provision of good-quality, safe catering and cleanliness.

Duties include seeing the job description and also

Arranging rosters to ensure there is cover for the whole day.

Supervising a team of housekeepers, including supervisions, appraisals, sickness reviews, and ensuring training is up to date.

Ordering and maintaining food and cleaning stocks, planning menus and cleaning schedules following strict hygiene, COSHH and IPC regulations.

Recruitment of housekeepers.

To liaise with the different levels of staff on the wards regarding patient meals.

You will be responsible for payment of food stocks.

Knowledge of computer use, including Excel, Word and other systems the trust uses.

Housekeeping supervisors report to the Soft FM officer for estates and Facilities and are managed by the Estates and Facilities Manager

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.