Housekeeping Supervisor
Slough, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 3 weeks ago
Job Overview
At NHS Frimley Health Foundation Trust, we are committed to providing a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for our patients and staff.
We are currently seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and friendly Housekeeping Supervisor to join our dedicated team at Wexham Park Hospital. If you have a passion for delivering high standards, are keen to lead a dynamic team, and are adaptable to varied working hours, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
The Housekeeping Supervisor plays a key role in maintaining the cleanliness and infection control standards across the hospital. You will oversee the housekeeping team, ensuring that all clinical and non-clinical areas, including patient wards, theatres, and public spaces, are cleaned to the highest standards. This position requires a strong, proactive leader with excellent supervisory skills and a ‘can-do’ attitude.
Main duties of the job
Visa Sponsorship
This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
Apply online now
At NHS Frimley Health Foundation Trust, we are committed to providing a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for our patients and staff.
We are currently seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and friendly Housekeeping Supervisor to join our dedicated team at Wexham Park Hospital. If you have a passion for delivering high standards, are keen to lead a dynamic team, and are adaptable to varied working hours, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
The Housekeeping Supervisor plays a key role in maintaining the cleanliness and infection control standards across the hospital. You will oversee the housekeeping team, ensuring that all clinical and non-clinical areas, including patient wards, theatres, and public spaces, are cleaned to the highest standards. This position requires a strong, proactive leader with excellent supervisory skills and a ‘can-do’ attitude.
Main duties of the job
- The Housekeeping Supervisor will be responsible for maintaining the high cleaning standards of our wards and departments, allocate housekeepers assistants to various wards and department areas on a daily basis to ensure that the hospital is clean, safe and provides a welcoming environment to all the Trust’s patients, visitors and staff.
- The Housekeeping Supervisor will organize the rosters to ensure that appropriate cover is provided for all shifts and areas.
- The Housekeeping Supervisor will participate in the rostering of staff and must ensure best use of department’s financial resources.
- The successful applicant will assist the Assistant Hotel Services Manager in the provision of other services within the Hotel Services Department and to assist with the recruitment, training, and development of staff.
- Assist with the day-to-day allocation of staff to ensure that all areas of the housekeeping team responsibility are covered.
- In the event of staff shortages, re-allocate staff to give cover, and request staff from bank.
- Maintain records of staff hours, for annual leave, sickness and absence.
Visa Sponsorship
This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 4 and above GCSE in English and Maths.
- Formal qualification in cleaning services i.e. BIC or equivlent
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Good motivational skills
- Good customer service and IT skills
- Team worker
- Ability to motivate and influence staff
- Working knowledge of COSHH
- Awareness of the use of colour coding in the NHS.
- Awareness of NHS cleaning standards
- Knowledge of the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021 and how they are monitored
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between sites when necessary
Essential criteria
- Housekeeping supervisory experience
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
Apply online now
