Housekeeping Supervisor

Housekeeping Supervisor
Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice
Grove Rd, Headingley, Leeds LS6 2AE
35 Hours per week
£12.33 - 13.67 per hour

Be there when it matters.

There has never been a more important time to provide high quality, specialist end-of-life care to support patients and their families.

About us:

Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice is in the heart of Headingley, Leeds. We provide expert palliative care at a time when people need this the most. We support you when you are living with a life-limiting condition, and also help your loved ones and family.

We support people aged 18 and over who are living with life-limiting conditions such as cancer, heart failure and lung disease by combining specialist medical care for managing pain and other symptoms with other emotional, practical and spiritual support.

We are able to provide care in our inpatient unit and our CNS team are on hand to visit people and provide care for people in their own home.


About the Role:

Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice is looking for an experienced Housekeeping Supervisor to join and support our friendly team.

**This will include some weekend working on a rota basis (alternate weekends).**

This is a great opportunity to use your housekeeping and leadership skills at the Hospice. The role has lots of variety.

Some Duties and responsibilities below:

Responsible to ensure all areas are cleaned to the local and national standards, and that work of the laundry is organised efficiently, unless outsourced

Responsible for supplies being ordered and checking for accuracy and quality. To assist in managing all clinical and other waste

To observe and record any damage or fault with equipment, furniture, clothing or other goods belonging to the Service or service user

To record that all processes comply with relevant standards

Responsible to ensure that preferences of service users are regularly sought and acted upon in delivering services

About you

You will have an NVQ 2 in an appropriate field or equivalent experience.

Demonstrable ability in supervising others (Essential)

Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

Able to work within policies and procedures and Behavioral Framework

Previous experience in domestic or housekeeping work

Basic IT skills (Essential)

Benefits

• Enhanced pay for unsociable hours

• Company pension scheme

• 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Enhanced sick pay

• Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals

• Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org

• Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.

For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/why-work-for-sue-ryder

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process by emailing recruitment@sueryder.org

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/equity-diversity-inclusion

If you are having trouble completing this application, please email recruitment@sueryder.org, and a member of our team will assist you.

If you want more than just a job, we want you.

Join the team and be there when it matters.