Cleaning Supervisor

Job summary

Do you enjoy working with people and supporting them in their work? Come and join us at the Royal United Hospital, Bath and apply to join our team of cleaning supervisors where an exciting journey and fantastic opportunities await you.

We are looking for candidates who have a desire to support others, have a flexible approach, good communication skills, attention to detail and the ability to use their own initiative.

Main duties of the job

What is the role? The successful candidates will be responsible for assigning daily work locations, supporting cleaners by visiting them every day in their place of work, providing ad-hoc training, appraising staff and ensuring correct cleaning procedures are being followed.

Who are we? The Cleaning Department is a large team providing cleaning to all areas of the hospital. Cleaners are generally assigned to specific location, enabling them to feel part of the local area team as well and build great relationships. Cleaning is a vital service within the hospital, helping to control the spread of infection, and providing a welcoming and safe environment for all our patients, staff and visitors.

We provide full training on our cleaning procedures, the use of our new microfibre mopping system, the cleaning schedules and required cleaning frequencies, and use of cleaning chemicals. We are also able to support our supervisors in achieving their ILM Level 3 in First Line Management and their food hygiene certificate.

As part of our service improvement programme, we have a number of vacancies for Cleaning Supervisors with both full and part time shift patterns available. Shift patterns will require working weekends on a rota basis, for which enhancements are paid.

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.