Housekeeping Team Manager

Job summary

Are you a confident leader, searching for your next challenge?

We're looking for a Housekeeping Manager to join #TeamUHD!

You'll work as part of the management team to support the Housekeeping service across the Royal Bournemouth Hospital site.

You'll have a specialist area you're responsible for (quality, recruitment and training, equipment and consumable, rostering and waste) and act as 'duty manager' to ensure the team are allocated to the most appropriate locations to deliver an effective, first-class service. Our teams ensure that the hospital is kept clean, providing a safe and pleasant environment forour patients, visitors and staff.

Full training for the role is provided, with specific training for the specialist area.Leadership and management courses are also available. We're a large department so previous experience in managing or supervising a large team would be an advantage.

So why join us?

• Enhanced annual leave starting at 27 days PLUS Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part-time)

• Training/development opportunities

• Access to health and wellbeing services

• Enrolment into the generous NHS pension scheme

• NHS discounts at thousands of retailers with a Blue Light Card

Kindly note that previous applicants won't be able to apply again and UHD won't be providing sponsorship for this vacancy

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Interview: 19th December 2025

Main duties of the job

Act as 'duty manager' for Housekeeping service on a rota basis ensuring cleaning resources are deployed across the hospital in the most appropriate locations

Manage a team of around 50 Housekeeping Assistants including leading team meetings and absence management

Lead a specialist area within Housekeeping (Quality, Equipment/Consumables, Recruitment and Training, HealthRoster (staffing) or Waste

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or Nationalterms and conditions