Patient Environment Services Supervisor - Royal Infirmary

Main area Estates and Facilities Grade NHS AfC:
Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (TBC) Job
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Site Royal Lancaster Infirmary Town Lancaster Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/2026 08:00

• Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative (One Lsc)

The five provider NHS trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working together as partners, delivering joint priorities to improve health and healthcare.

Together, we aim to drive up quality by sharing skills and best practice, pooling our resources and standardising the way we work to reduce variation and duplication.

We want to ensure patients have equal access to the same high-quality care wherever they live. We also want our colleagues to have the same high-quality experience wherever they work.

One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

The post holder will supervise a team of staff in providing a quality and efficient comprehensive portering, domestic cleaning and site services at our Royal Lancaster Infirmary site in line with the National Cleaning Standards, department Standing Operational Procedures and Trust Policies.

To ensure a high standard of Patient Environmental Site services are delivered across a range of facilities services.

To provide excellent customer service to our patients, colleagues and members of the public at all times.

Communicate effectively and in a timely manner with a range of hospital staff, the public, patients and colleagues across the Trust.

This position is part time and includes shifts including weekends.

Providing supervision, support, training and development to Patient Environment Service Assistants.

Carry out administration duties in line with the job role, departmental procedures and Trust policies. Carry out own team appraisals and return to work sickness meetings and review meetings as required.

Prioritise work load and location of staff in order to provide a quality and efficient service.

Arrangement of duty rotas to suit the needs of the service, planning and allocating holiday requests. Covering sickness and working within financial constraints of the department set by management following approval and under the guidance of line management.

Ensuring correct usage of approved cleaning materials to the manufacturer’s specification and COSSH data sheets.

To review, audit and ensure that work is carried out by the service staff in accordance with work schedules, in line with the national cleanliness standard and Trust operational policies.

Full Details On The Job Description Attached

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such…