Cleaning Team Lead

Department: Facilities

Reports To: Head of Facilities

Contract Type: Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to join our facilities team as a Cleaning Team Leader.

As Team Leader, you will supervise the Housekeeping and Laundry Teams to ensure our hospice environment remains clean, safe, and welcoming.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and deliver an effective cleaning operation ensuring systems and processes are efficient and aligned with organisational goals.
• Support the Head of Facilities with the delivery of the annual health & safety and infection prevention control audits, working collaboratively with consultants and staff to achieve high standards of safety at the hospice.
• Manage housekeeping equipment and stock efficiently and effectively, meeting the required Trinity standards and fulfil all statutory and regulatory obligations.
• In conjunction with Head of Facilities and Health & Safety Consultants, to ensure the internal and external environment is safe and that all relevant risk management activities (including incident management system) are completed to required standards.
• Manage and develop staff members in the housekeeping team.

About us

• We match Agenda for Change/NHS terms and conditions for maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay
• Length of service for those joining directly from another CQC regulated organisation (NHS, social care, hospice) is recognised in annual leave, maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay
• A pension scheme is offered with employer contributions of up to 7.5%or a continuation of your existing NHS pension
• A generous 27 days annual leave increasing to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus bank holidays (any bank holidays worked will be given back in lieu)
• Cycle to work scheme and interest-free season ticket loans available
• Free eyesight test for DSE users and a contribution towards the cost of glasses
• 25% store discount in Trinity shops
• Life assurance cover
• Lots of opportunities to attend exciting and high-profile events e.g. a staff lottery to attend our regular biannual Gala dinner; participating in Royal visits, and the annual summer garden party
• Regular ballots for donated free tickets and prizes
• Access to courses of free counselling

Job responsibilities

Please find the Recruitment Pack and Job Description attached.

Grow: Whats in it for You

At Royal Trinity Hospice, we focus on nurturing your professional journey

• Learning: Access tailored training and continuous development opportunities.
• Decision-Making Impact: Assess processes to continuously improve service delivery.
• Growth: Play a key role in shaping a high performing housekeeping team, driving innovation and impact for patients.

Think: Who Were Looking For

• Excellent organisational skills including producing and maintaining a cleaning teams rota
• The ability to flex the team to support any changes to cleaning schedules as needed by the clinical teams
• Is focussed on delivering quality cleaning services to the hospice and can improve services using their own initiative and insights
• Has a collaborative mindset to build relationships across the organisation

Show: How Youll Shine

Your success in this role will come from Integrity and Excellence:

• Leading the Housekeeping Team with integrity and fostering a positive, solution-focused approach.
• Demonstrating strong communication and interpersonal skills to influence effectively both inside and outside of the facilities team.
• Developing and maintaining robust systems that align with departmental goals and objectives.

Person Specification Experience

• Experience of working in a cleaning environment.
• Experience of managing a team in a cleaning environment

Qualifications

• oEnglish to GCSE standard

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.