Facilities Supervisor - Portering (XN03)

Job summary

Are you an organised individual with excellent people skills? If so, consider our Facilities Supervisor role in the Facilities Operational Portering team.

In this fast-paced role, you will be supervising up to 40 people, ensuring they have the support they need to help keep our hospitals running efficiently and safety.

In this role you will support day-to-day management of the portering team, helping manage them, which has a direct impact on their ability to move patients, and ensure they receive excellent, timely care.

As the supervisor, you will be highly organised, as you will be responsible for tasks such as staff rotas, attendance management, audits and monitoring and liaising with site service users, staff and patients.

By staying on top of these administrative tasks, and being a personable resource for our portering team, you will play a crucial role in helping to improve our service.

In this role, no two days are the same. Youll play an important role in supporting the team manager and the portering team through the fast-paced hospital environment, to ensure our patients are well cared for at all times.

The ideal candidates will have previous experience working within some of the following functions and services, (list not exhaustive.)

Housekeeping

Domestic Services

Patient Food Service

Cleaning Response Service

Receptions

Pest Control

Window Cleaning

Waste Management

Linen & Laundry

Main duties of the job

Expected Shortlisting Date

21/07/2025

Planned Interview Date

28/07/2025

The successful candidate could be supervising up to 40 staff, at any one time. This role is key in ensuring that all the services listed above are delivered to exceptional standards; this position is True Facilities Services Team Leading and would be an ideal opportunity for a highly ambitious, skilled and focussed individual.

Day to day duties include: staff rotas, payroll, attendance management, appraisals, audits & monitoring, liaison with site service-users & patients.

In addition, to the direct staff management, the ideal candidate will be:

A team player

Committed to continuous learning and development

Proactive in resolving potential operational issues

Organised and able to prioritise work loads for themselves and also others

Be a good communicator

Maintain calmness and relay confidence in a busy working environment

Able to work on own initiative

Have good numeracy & literacy levels

Possess good IT skills

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is one of the largest employers in Leeds and we employ over 20,000 staff and provide care to over 1.6 billion patients every year.

The Estates and Facilities Team keep the Trust's seven sites running and manage one of the largest estate portfolios across the NHS. With over 2,500 staff working in the team, providing a range of facilities management services and ensuring our buildings and environments are fit for purpose, clean and safe.

Whether they're cleaning wards, maintaining our buildings, monitoring our environmental impact, providing staff childcare, delivering hot meals to patients or patrolling our sites, they all support the delivery of patient care.

Guided by our Leeds Way Values, we are committed to creating the best place to work and being the employer of choice for estates and facilities in the region. By joining the Estates and Facilities Team, you'll have access to a friendly s

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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