Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Facilities Porter Supervisor

The closing date is 22 September 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our highly motivated, dedicated team of Domestics as a supervisor based at Leighton Hospital.

As a Facilities Supervisor, you are responsible for planning and organising the cleaning operations for our hospital, wards and other areas.

The shift pattern will include alternate day and evening shifts to include weekends.

Main duties of the job

You will also get involved in other management tasks such as:

recruiting and training staff

arranging staff rotas

making sure all cleaning meets quality standards

managing absence and discipline

controlling budgets

You will also get involved in hands-on cleaning so be prepared to roll your sleeves up!

Our ideal candidate will need to be reliable, flexible, and good team player. We need someone with good interpersonal and communication skills, someone who is organised, and sensible.

You will be covering 7:30am to 3:30pm working 5/7 alternate weekends and some Bank Holidays.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact the Assistant Facilities Manager on 01270 278322.

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester 'places' and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million. During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

Details

Date posted

15 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

412-E&F-7326905-A

Job locations

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

Responsible for the day to day supervision of staff, managing rosters, organisation of staff training, planning staff attendance and allocating annual leaver; applying National and Trust standards to the delivery of service; supporting the Trusts expectation of values and behaviours and reporting on quality and assurance.

SERVICE DELIVERY1. To deliver cleaning services in accordance with service level agreements,Cleaning management software systems, National and Trust standards and in agreement with service users

2. To deliver services within agreed financial budgets and targets

3. Work together with contractors on site for window cleaning, air deodorisers and maintenance of plant displays to enable their agreed services are provided in accordance with specifications.

4. Prioritise tasks for cleaning services dependant on the designated riskAssociated to the department or service user.

5. Record and follow up actions taken in relation to customer/ service user issues

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

Responsible for the day to day supervision of staff, managing rosters, organisation of staff training, planning staff attendance and allocating annual leaver; applying National and Trust standards to the delivery of service; supporting the Trusts expectation of values and behaviours and reporting on quality and assurance.

SERVICE DELIVERY1. To deliver cleaning services in accordance with service level agreements,Cleaning management software systems, National and Trust standards and in agreement with service users

2. To deliver services within agreed financial budgets and targets

3. Work together with contractors on site for window cleaning, air deodorisers and maintenance of plant displays to enable their agreed services are provided in accordance with specifications.

4. Prioritise tasks for cleaning services dependant on the designated riskAssociated to the department or service user.

5. Record and follow up actions taken in relation to customer/ service user issues

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Nvq 2

skills

Essential

  • computer literate
  • previous supervisor experience or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

  • Health care establishment and knowledge
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Nvq 2

skills

Essential

  • computer literate
  • previous supervisor experience or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

  • Health care establishment and knowledge

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Facilities Co-ordinator

Scott McEvoy

scott.mcevoy@mcht.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

15 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

412-E&F-7326905-A

Job locations

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ


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