IFM Supervisor
Go back Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
The closing date is 14 April 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join the DCHS Hotel Services/IFM Team in the role of IFM Supervisor.
You will be based at Whitworth Hospital, Matlock, and may be required to work across other areas/sites to ensure continuity of service.
As the IFM Supervisor, you will become an active member of our team working closely with other disciplines and manage domestic cleaning staff.
We are looking for an enthusiastic team member, who is keen to learn and develop themselves. Previous experience and knowledge of working within a domestic environment is desirable.
What really matters to us is providing every patient with an excellent experience, a service that really cares and one that delivers the right outcome, and we achieve this every day.
If you are highly motivated and want to make a difference to our patients' experience and demonstrate values and personal qualities that support the DCHS way of working we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* Day to day supervision of staff
* Dealing with 'on the spot' queries – 1st point of contact
* Completion of rotas, allocation for staff absences and salary returns
* Organisation of furniture moves/ad hoc requests and completion of risk assessments
* Ensuring removal and disposal of all categories of waste and linen in line with current legislation
* Providing cover for other IFM supervisors and driving within the locality and wider DCHS area
* Arranging maintenance and servicing of lease vehicles/electric tugs and completion of maintenance requests and monitoring progress of works
* Ensuring the timely transportation and delivery of goods, supplies, and medical records
* Monitoring of stocks, ordering of supplies of medical gases
* Assist the IFM Operational Coordinator with staff appraisals, induction and training
* Participating in staff interview panels
* Ensuring information is communicated in a timely and robust manner to staff
* Managing/updating records including in-house computerised systems and local management information systems for staff and service information
* Undertaking in-house audit systems and ensuring any shortfalls are addressed/documented
* Monitoring contracts e.g. window cleaning, pest control
* Co‑ordinating and assisting in floor maintenance and curtain changing duties
* Ability to work times/shifts within department to maintain service across domestic and porter role
About us
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.
Person Specification
education, Qualifications
* CIEH Level 2 in Health & Safety (formerly Basic Health & Safety)
* NVQ in related subject – cleaning support services, portering
Experience
* Experience of using Microsoft Office programme including Outlook, Word, and Excel
* Experience of working within a similar environment – supervisory experience
Skills
* Good organisational skills
* Ability to travel between sites on a frequent and varied basis
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.
Employer name
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
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