# Housekeeping Supervisor > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/housekeeping-supervisor/7861cae0-db15-4bd9-a958-b09c449d4493 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/housekeeping-supervisor/7861cae0-db15-4bd9-a958-b09c449d4493.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Frimley Park Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Domestic services supervisor - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £27,106 - £28,850 per annum incl HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent: Early, late and some weekend shifts - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work (5 days out of 7 days)) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-07T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T10:30:53.562Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Frimley_Surrey/Frimley_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Housekeeping_Supervisor/Housekeeping_Supervisor-v8311185 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8311185?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.fhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an enthusiastic, organised, and experienced Housekeeping Supervisor to join our dedicated Hotel Services team in Frimley. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the wellbeing of our patients, staff, and visitors by maintaining high standards of cleanliness across our wards and departments. About the Role As a Housekeeping Supervisor, you will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision and coordination of our housekeeping assistants. You will ensure all areas of the hospital are maintained to the highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness, in line with NHS infection prevention and control protocols. ### Main duties of the job We are currently seeking a motivated and experienced Housekeeping Supervisor to join our hardworking and friendly team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual who is passionate about delivering high standards of cleanliness and supporting the development of a professional, well-trained workforce. As a Housekeeping Supervisor, you will play a key role in ensuring that our hospital maintains a clean, safe and welcoming environment for all patients, staff and visitors. You will provide daily support and guidance to housekeeping staff, working collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical teams. Key responsibilities include: Allocating housekeeping staff across wards and departments to ensure efficient service delivery Maintaining a clean, safe and welcoming environment for patients, staff and visitors Delivering and managing accredited training programmes, including Train the Trainer and Assessor responsibilities Supporting staff development through induction, ongoing training, appraisals, and refresher courses Providing feedback through verbal and written reports following cleanliness and quality audits Working closely with clinical teams, department managers, and the wider housekeeping team as part of quality assurance Supporting the Housekeeping Manager and Senior Supervisor with service delivery and resource management Contributing to staff rotas and ensuring cost-effective use of resources ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As a Senior Housekeeping Supervisor, you will play a key role in maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Working closely with clinical and non-clinical teams, you will lead and support housekeeping services to ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and compliance are consistently achieved. - Ensuring wards, departments, offices, and public areas meet the requirements of the NHS National Cleaning Standards 2021. - Leading, supervising, and supporting housekeeping staff, including work allocation, performance monitoring, and day-to-day operational management. - Undertaking regular cleaning quality and efficacy audits, providing constructive feedback and implementing improvements where required. - Building effective working relationships with Ward Managers, departmental leaders, and fellow supervisors to support service delivery. - Supporting recruitment activities, including participation in interview panels and the induction of new staff. - Maintaining accurate workforce records, including attendance, annual leave, sickness absence, and return-to-work documentation. - Providing guidance and support to team members on attendance, wellbeing, and workplace concerns. - Coordinating training and development programmes, ensuring staff complete mandatory training, competency assessments, appraisals, and refresher sessions. - Managing staffing resources effectively, arranging appropriate cover and utilising Bank staff when necessary to maintain service standards. - Participating in a rotational shift pattern, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and public holidays as required by the service. - Carrying out administrative duties, including data management, telephone and bleep handling, and the use of Trust IT systems. - Managing stock levels and ordering cleaning materials, consumables, and equipment to ensure operational readiness. - Supporting periodic deep cleaning programmes, specialist cleaning activities, and environmental improvement initiatives. - Participating in PLACE assessments and accurately recording findings using digital devices. - Coordinating responses to emergency cleaning situations, including spillages, flooding incidents, and biological hazards, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. - Overseeing the cleaning and maintenance of housekeeping equipment, including mop and microfibre systems. - Supporting the supervision of catering services during evening shifts, ensuring compliance with food hygiene and HACCP requirements. - Promoting food safety through the implementation and monitoring of Level 2 Allergen Training for catering staff involved in food service delivery. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced housekeeping professional to lead a dedicated team while making a direct contribution to patient experience, safety, and the overall quality of hospital services. About You You will be a confident communicator with strong leadership and organisational skills. You will have experience supervising a team and a passion for delivering a high-quality service. Ideally, you will hold relevant training qualifications and have experience delivering practical and accredited training. You should also have: - Previous supervisory experience in a similar environment - A strong understanding of infection control standards and NHS cleaning protocols - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive working relationships - The flexibility to work shifts, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends as required ### assignment Vacancy details ### Position numbers - Position no. | FTE - 3613342 | 0.93 We are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and motivated housekeeper to work in our Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot. We are interested in hearing from individuals who are willing to work hard within a strong, friendly team. They will be required to provide a key service within the hospital for both staff and patients. The post holders will be responsible for ensuring that the environment are of a high standards and needs of the patients and visitors. The main focus of the post holder is to facilitate the maintenance of a safe, clean, and comfortable environment for patients. They will work with the ward-based team to ensure patient safety privacy and dignity and courtesy in accordance with Trust values. This is a challenging but rewarding job and would be ideally suited to motivated team players. Housekeeping experience within healthcare and knowledge of COSHH, BICs, Colour coding and infection control is desirable though this is not essential, as full training will be given. The recruitment process will include a Maths and English assessment, in order to progress to interview you will need to pass this test. 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. The housekeeping team at Heatherwood hospital are part of the hotel services department and the Estates and Facilities directorate. The team is responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness in all the hospital areas. The housekeepers are valued support members helping to ensure that the wards are pleasant for the all patients and staff. As part of our facilities team, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our hospital clean, safe and welcoming for patients, visitors and staff. ### Working for your organisation 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. As a valued member of our housekeeping team, your duties will include: - Cleaning and maintaining all areas of the hospital, including patient rooms, bathrooms, offices and communal spaces. - Vacuuming, sweeping, mopping and buffing floors using appropriate machinery. - Dusting and polishing furniture, fixtures, skirting boards, window ledges and equipment. - Collecting and disposing of rubbish, clinical waste and recycling in accordance with Trust policy. - Replenishing consumables such as soap, hand towels and toilet tissue. - Ensuring cleaning equipment is kept in a clean and safe condition, and reporting any faults promptly. - Assisting with curtain changes and deep cleans as required. - Supporting catering duties where needed, including preparing and serving patient breakfasts and drinks, and assisting with meal orders when required. - Maintaining confidentiality and showing respect and compassion to patients at all times. Please see job description and person specification for further information. We reserve the right to close the advert early if sufficient applications have been received. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience in delivering training - Catering Experience - Infection Prevention - Supervisory Experience - Housekeeping supervisory experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Qualification or knowledge of the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021 and how they are monitored **Desirable** - Formal qualification in cleaning services i.e BICs or equivalent - Level 2 or above in allergen training ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Good communication skills - Competent to provide staff training - Basic IT skills - Knowledge of Microsoft computer software - Working knowledge of COSHH - Effective Organisational skills **Desirable** - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately both written and verbally - Knowledge of cleanliness Audit systems - Knowledge of Linen washing experience - Knowledge of working in the NHS ### Special Requirements **Essential** - Flexible to meet needs of service - Ability to travel to other Trust sites - Working hours are scheduled on a rotating rota and include shift work ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 577.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=736) - [housekeeping supervisor job description and person specification (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10659125) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.