Housekeeping Supervisor Job Redditch area,England UK,Healthcare

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Housekeeping Supervisor

The closing date is 10 March 2026

We are looking for a housekeeping supervisor to join our team working the following hours:

Thursday & Friday 13:00-21:00

You will be working alongside other housekeeping supervisors but you will also be working on your own.

Main duties of the job

Ensuring staff have enough stock in their cupboards to fulfil their daily roles.
Ensuring staff PDRs are completed and training is kept up to date.
Completing return to works when a staff member has been off sick.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient‑centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job responsibilities

HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR
GRADE:
BAND 3

BASED AT: ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL

REPORTS TO FACILITIES MANAGER

Job Purpose

To provide an efficient housekeeping service, ensuring that standards are maintained at all times. To provide a responsive service in relation to the needs of service users

Key Relationships

Matrons, Departmental Heads, Senior Nurses, Ward and Departmental staff, Infection Control, Estates and Supplies, patients and visitors.

Dimensions

Managing the day‑to‑day running of the Housekeeping department and direct supervision of 150 staff. No budgetary responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

To provide daily supervision of staff ensuring daily contact with all staff on duty.

To deal with, and rectify minor problems which arise on a daily basis.

To have an understanding of the governments guidelines on the National Standards of cleanliness.

To carry out monitoring in line with The National Standards of Cleanliness.

To take a pro‑active approach to cleaning, constantly striving to improve the quality of service provided.

To carry out staff appraisals.

To carry out staff induction.

To provide comprehensive training to all new members of staff.

To have an understanding of infection control and to ensure compliance within the Department.

To maintain confidentiality at all times.

To ensure that all staff are aware of Health and Safety at work Act (1974) and that departmental safety procedures are adhered to.

To liaise with staff within the hospital on day‑to‑day issues relating to the housekeeping service.

To deal with complaints in the first instance.

To raise with the Housekeeping and Linen Services Manager, any issues which may affect the quality of housekeeping service or linen service.

Key Activities

To organise and plan work rotas ensuring maximum efficiency of staff.

To accurately complete staff register and rota paperwork.

To allocate keys and ensure key logsheet is signed, and that returned keys are logged in.

To allocate supplies of cleaning chemicals and consumables.

To be responsive to telephone and bleep requests ensuring a prompt service at all times.

To authorise annual leave ensuring minimal disruption to the service.

To carry out staff return to work interviews following a period of sickness absence, and bring to the attention to the Assistant Housekeeping Services Manager any problems.

To attend departmental meetings.

To re‑train…


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