Domestic Team Leader

Domestic Team Leader

Lead housekeeping and portering teams to deliver a safe, high-standard cleaning service across the hospital, with a strong focus on infection control and national cleaning specifications.

Hospital-based role on a 7-day rotational rota, including on-call and night shifts Monday to Thursday, offered as a 12-week temporary contract with the potential to move to a permanent position, on a Band 3 salary scale from £28,051 (£14.50 per hour) to £30,274 (£15.69 per hour) plus additional payments for unsocial hours.

As the Domestic Team Leader you will oversee the day-to-day housekeeping and portering services, ensuring standards meet the National Specification for Cleaning Services and hospital housekeeping requirements. The role exists to maintain a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors, reducing healthcare associated infection through effective cleaning, disinfection and decontamination practices. You will support the Housekeeping & Portering Operations Manager by supervising staff, maintaining records and helping to implement agreed departmental programmes and systems.

• Supervising housekeeping and portering staff day to day, including rota management, workload planning and short-term staffing adjustments.
• Ensuring all allocated areas meet hospital housekeeping specifications and the National Domestic Framework for Cleaning Services.
• Coordinating with ward managers and other departments to arrange access, schedule work and prioritise cleaning requests, including isolation rooms.
• Organising disinfection and decontamination activities in response to infection, in line with hospital policies and infection control guidance.
• Training staff in cleaning techniques, equipment use, infection control, Health & Safety, COSHH and moving and handling procedures.
• Managing records and administration such as timesheets, payroll returns, rotas, sickness absence reviews, appraisals and quality monitoring audits.

• Previous supervisory experience in housekeeping or a similar domestic services environment.
• Extensive housekeeping experience, ideally within a hospital or comparable setting.
• Knowledge of infection control standards, the National Cleaning Specification and Domestic Framework education for cleaning practices.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan, prioritise and direct work to meet service demands.
• Excellent communication, persuasion, influencing and negotiation skills, including handling sensitive staffing issues.
• Good working knowledge of computer systems and office software for administration and record-keeping.
• Health & Safety and COSHH knowledge, including safe handling of cleaning products, waste and spillages, and moving and handling skills.
• Physically able to operate cleaning equipment and work in busy clinical environments with significant equipment and activity.

If you're ready to step into a key leadership role within domestic services and support safe, high-quality care, we'd like to hear from you.

Please apply now, or contact Ashleigh at Search on  -

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