Main area Domestic/Porter Team Leader Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 10.00-18.00) Job ref 270-TG151-CORP
Employer Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Spinneyfields Specialist Care Centre Town Rushden Salary £24,625 - £25,674 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/07/2025 23:59
Domestic / Catering Team Leader
Band 3
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Hotel Services Domestic Team Leader to work at Berrywood Hospital. This is a hands-on position, which involves all aspects of cleaning duties, planning staff levels and rotas, ordering supplies and ensuring compliance with trust policies and legislation. You will also represent the hotel services department at hospital departmental meetings and liaise with clinical and other staff to ensure the efficient and smooth running of the department.
The post is 37.5 hours a week with a 2 week rota.
Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10.00-18.00, Thursday & Friday 07:30 – 15:30 (30 minute unpaid break)
Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10.00-18.00, Saturday & Sunday 07:30 – 15:30 (30 minute unpaid break). These hours are subject to change and W eekend shifts are paid at the current NHS additional enhanced rate of pay.
Main duties of the job
As the ideal candidate you will:
* Ensure a high-quality service is provided throughout Trust sites.
* Responsible for training, supervision, & guidance of staff, including induction and training of new staff.
* A ‘hands on’ approach, working with others to ensure a safe and pleasant environment is provided.
* Complete annual appraisals for staff, deliver monthly team briefs and communicate Trust and Department news and updates.
* To ensure compliance with all relevant statutory legislation, using chemicals in a safe and economical manner.
* Liaise with infection control as required. complete regular quality control audits in your area.
* Provide cover for staff and other Team Leaders in their absence.
* To liaise with Ward Managers on matters relating to Hotel Services.
* Compilation of duty rotas, holiday entitlement and allocation of work within your team. Ensure that enough staff are on duty at any given time to maintain the service within budget and facilitate the smooth running of the department within area of responsibility. Perform return to work interviews with staff on return from sickness.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Knowledge
* General education including literacy and numeracy
* An understanding of the importance of health and safety
* An understanding of the importance of hygiene
Experience
* Experience in similar role
* Use, experience and knowledge of computer technologies
By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.
You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.
Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly, the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.
Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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