Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Closing date: 11 May 2026
The Domestic Services Manager is responsible for ensuring the cleaning services that cover the Trust site, community locations and contracted services provide timely, efficient and effective cleaning in line with National Standards of Cleanliness 2021. The post holder will also ensure cleaning and laundry services comply with CQC, national guidance and legislation.
The Domestic Services Manager is required to work closely with other Facilities teams, the wider clinical and non‑clinical areas and Infection Prevention teams to provide safe, effective and reactive services.
Main duties
* Manage the development and delivery of cost‑efficient and efficient Domestic Services within the hospital and community locations.
* Ensure that Domestic Services conform to the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness and monitoring bodies such as PLACE (Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment).
* Give specialist advice on methods of cleaning regarding changes in legislation, statutory regulations, working practices and infection control.
* Effectively manage, develop and support the Deputy Manager, Supervisors and Domestic and laundry staff.
* Ensure managers and supervisors are motivated, appropriately trained and developed to deliver a professional approach and empowered to manage their teams.
* Ensure responsibilities are well defined for all managed staff.
* Ensure that optimum staffing levels across services are always maintained using innovative technology where available to accurately assess capacity and demand for services.
* Manage and advise on all staff rotas and annual leave requests, ensuring all absences are recorded.
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.
Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
Values & behaviours:
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
* Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include: flexible working, 27‑33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Professional Soft Services knowledge and at least degree level or equivalent professional experience.
* Management qualification or equivalent professional experience.
* Experience working in the Facilities environment or related environment as a senior supervisor or manager.
Experience
Essential
* Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
* Knowledge, understanding and experience in Risk Management and Governance issues.
* Experience in budgetary and resource management.
* Leadership skills to provide vision and drive for future development of service.
* Ability to drive action plans and ensure deadlines are met in compliance with overall strategy.
* Strong negotiation skills and ability to perform within multi‑disciplinary groups.
* Experience of meeting targets and deadlines.
* Experience of managing a significant workforce.
* Knowledge and application of the NHS National Cleaning Standards. Experience of contract management.
* Experience of delivering training at all levels.
Desirable
* Experience of contract management.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
* Staff management and training.
* Bidding and negotiating for resources, negotiations associated with changes in work practices and procedures, customer agreements and satisfaction, communications.
* Knowledge and application of the national specifications for cleanliness in the NHS.
* Excellent IT skills (Word, Excel etc.).
* Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
* Excellent negotiating skills.
* Excellent leadership skills.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Budget Management Skills.
* Excellent skills in using, interpreting and presenting reports.
* Analytical skills to analyse data and compile reports for presentation.
* Excellent organisational skills.
* Ability to meet targets and deadlines.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Decision making capability.
* Highly effective professional leadership.
Other Factors
Essential
* Professional appearance.
* Ability to work flexible hours.
* Ability to successfully maintain professional relationships.
* Self‑motivated and self‑driven.
* Ability to challenge the status quo.
* Highly motivated.
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, please see the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Employer details
Employer name
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Fountain Street
Ashton
OL6 9RW
Employer's website
https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/
Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
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