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Senior cleaning manager

London
Barts Health NHS Trust
Cleaning manager
Posted: 17 June
The role

Job overview

This hospital-based senior cleaning services operational management role (8A) within the Barts Soft FM Directorate . Barts Trust which is the largest and most ambitious NHS Trust within the UK.

This is a tactical senior operational Management, requiring experience in the delivery of healthcare cleaning and hygiene service) at one of the four hospitals at Barts Health NH Trust

The successful candidate will help shape and develop the future success of our Soft FM cleaning services within Barts Trust which is the largest and most ambitious NHS Trust within the UK.

The role encompasses the need for tactical leadership to oversee the high quality operational and financial management of all cleaning and hygiene services across the Barts Health NHS. Along with the delivery of innovative cleaning service change management projects.

Employing state-of-the-art cleaning equipment and methodologies affiliated to the latest leading edge digital and AI business support applications to deliver and maintain the highest levels of service, quality assurance and corporate governance. by collaborative working with clinical, Infection Prevention (IPC), leads, Estates leads and our in-house, Soft FM Compliance, Quality Assurance Audit Team (CQAAT)to provide excellent overall standards of cleanliness and safety to patients.

Main duties of the job

To manage the operational, fiscal, and quality assurance performance for all the in-house

and ancillary contracted specialist supply chain partner cleaning service deliverables across the Hospital site and auxiliary buildings to include but not limited to:

o Washroom Services

o Window Cleaning

o Pest Control

o Supply and Management of Disposable Bay and Shower Curtains

o Cleaning Equipment, Supply and Maintenance and use in situ.

o Mop and Micro-fibre Cloth laundering and renewal.

o Cleaning Services Waste Management and supply of waste stream waste bags

and tags

o Supply of all cleaning consumables, chemicals, and ancillary cleaning products

o Specialist Deep Cleaning Activities to include HPV Decontamination Fogging and

UVA Decontamination

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment..

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

There are 2 positions open for this role

1 role in St Bartholomew's Hospital

1 role in Whipps Cross Hospital

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Educated to degree or equivalent industry standard qualification in Facilities Management
  • Proven Soft FM Service experience at senior operational management level
  • Desirable criteria

  • Full Membership of British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) preferably to Assessor Level
  • IOSH or similar
  • Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Significant demonstrable experience of management of cleaning services preferably in a large and complex healthcare environment
  • Experience of working with Healthcare Specialist IPC leads and their teams.
  • Understanding of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) and the role of healthcare cleaning to assist in prevention and control of the same infection
  • Use of Computer Aided Facilities Management technology (CAFM) and other agile Information Technology Platforms (ICT) for asset and resource management: the set up and operation of planned and reactive task recording and issue: production of associated data analytics and production of by exception dashboard reports
  • Demonstrable experience of budget setting, forecasting, and knowledge of realigning fiscal results to required trading performance numbers
  • Proven decision maker
  • Desirable criteria

  • Management of teams in excess of 250 WTE
  • Understanding of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) structures and how healthcare cleaning supports healthcare Infection Prevention and Control
  • Understanding and experience of developing and implementing Cost Improvement Programmes (CIPs)
  • Knowledge In-depth Knowledge and understanding of the NHS National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025, to include the requirements and methodology of both Environmental and Efficacy Auditing Working Knowledge of Care
  • Skills

    Essential criteria

  • Ability to work in large teams to drive continuous operational Improvements
  • Must be able to demonstrate the ability to be calm under pressure and understand the principles of Contingency Reaction Planning and Implementation
  • High level of interpersonal skills
  • Self-starter, constantly looking at ways to improve both operational and fiscal Performance
  • Effective team player and visual leader
  • Flexible approach
  • Desirable criteria

  • Ability to take on board complex information and analyse and interpret to present complex facts and options in a clear and concise manner
  • Ability to keep others calm and High level of interpersonal skills Proof of team building successes.
  • Ability to keep others calm and take control of emergency
  • Situations- Proof of team building successes
  • Can demonstrate cost saving and operational performance improvement initiatives as previously delivered.
  • Experience of managing multiple demands to tight timescales and confident to challenge stakeholders and hold them to account
  • Knowledge

    Essential criteria

  • In-depth Knowledge and understanding of the NHS National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025, to include the requirements and methodology of both Environmental and Efficacy Auditing
  • Specialist Knowledge of the cleaning industry to include state of the art equipment, lean operational practices, cleaning chemical efficacy and most applicable consumables and disposables for use in healthcare environments
  • Knowledge and certifiable proof of health and safety certified training to support the delivery of a culture of ZERO HARM working environments
  • Proficient in using and developing cleaning management system platforms and specialist cleaning industry integrated cleaning systems
  • Must be an excellent communicator in both written and verbal disciplines.
  • Desirable criteria

  • Working Knowledge of Care Quality (CQC) outcome standards regulation 15- Premises and Equipment criteria for audit and governance of healthcare facilities
  • Must know how to work with operational teams to reduce reportable accidents and incidents in the workplace (RIDDORs) and Lost Time Incidents (LTIs)
  • Experience of deployment of asset and task driven integrated cleaning systems that incorporate data analytic reporting
  • Proficient in using and developing cleaning management system platforms and specialist cleaning industry integrated cleaning systems Experience of deployment of asset and task driven integrated cleaning systems that incorporate data analytic reporting
  • Ability to analyse data and use data to make cost and operational service delivery improvements
  • Other

    Essential criteria

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Able to provide and receive complex, sensitive, and contentious information whilst espousing confidentiality. Able to clarify key points from diverse sets of information.
  • Effective influencing and negotiation skills and able to build strong relationships with internal and external Stakeholders
  • Ability to work calmly under pressure and prioritise changing workload and deal with competing demands
  • Ability to make the complex simple and produce succinct reports and presentations.
  • Experience of presenting to all levels from operators and senior Managers
  • Evidence of continuous personal development (CPD0 and willingness to learn new systems and technologies
  • Desirable criteria

  • Persuasive skills – ability to influence senior management and operational teams in operational change requirements
  • Visa Sponsorship Information

    This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.

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