Relief Team Senior Supervisor – Domestic (Cleaning)

Job Introduction

We are currently looking to recruit Senior Domestic Support Worker’s to form part of our Relief Team, to work on varied cleaning tasks within a number of sites across the Imperial Contract, covering absences, emergencies and cleaning projects at short notice.

You’ll maintain a clean, safe and hygienic patient environment in line with National Specifications for Cleanliness, ensuring patients receive care in an environment that is clean, safe and welcoming all of the time.

Sodexo Healthcare is a leading provider of services to the NHS and private healthcare organisations in England. We provide quality of life services that improve patient and staff experience, raise standards and deliver financial benefits to our clients. We help to enhance the patient environment (including patient dining, cleaning/housekeeping, retail services), provide clinical support (equipment sterilisation) and manage technical estates teams (estates management, asset management, land maintenance and energy management).

Role Responsibility

• Respond to any cleaning requests on any Imperial site complying with infections prevention and control and management instruction
• Working independently as a part of the Relief Team you will carry out a range of cleaning activities including mopping, sweeping, dusting, vacuuming, emptying bins, changing curtains and cleaning wash rooms/toilets /offices
• Use electric cleaning equipment including floor cleaning equipment
• Undertake all cleaning duties in a safe manner, using PPE and hazard signs as appropriate
• Replenish consumables (i.e. paper towels, toilet rolls, soap, etc)
• Store and use cleaning equipment and materials safely and efficiently and in compliance with COSSH
• Use only approved cleaning equipment and materials in accordance with training and instructions provided
• Empty and dispose of domestic and clinical waste in accordance with the Client’s infection prevention and control and waste disposal policies

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience of working within a cleaning team in a similar environment (although full training will be given)
• Empathy with patients and visitors and a commitment to treat everyone with courtesy and dignity and to enhance the patient experience
• Ability to work independently, flexibly and professionally – dealing with stressful and changeable situations
• Effective communication and customer care skills
• Strong attention to detail and adherence to standards
• Good communication and literacy skills

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.