Head Housekeeper - Thames House - Oxford

This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary

Do you have previous housekeeping and supervisory experience? Are you friendly, organised, hard-working and approachable?

We are recruiting for a Head Housekeeper to join our team at Thames House in Littlemore, Oxford. Thames House is a 26 bedded low secure female forensic unit that provides ongoing care for women in conditions of low security. Many of our service users have had experience of the criminal justice system in the past.

You'll oversee our housekeeping and catering service on the ward, managing a team of four staff. You'll support them in ensuring we provide a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.

If you have a proven track record of being able to deliver high-quality cleaning and enjoy working as part of a team, with supervisor experience then this could be the role for you and we want to hear from you!

This role requires shift working including 7am-3pm shifts, 11am-7pm shifts and every other weekend. Enhanced rates are paid for weekend work.

Main duties of the job

• Manage porters and cleaners and ensure that all service standards are met and maintained.
• Carry out a localised induction with all new joiners and annual appraisals and monthly supervisions for managed staff.
• Responsible for authorising annual leave and recording and managing sickness levels.
• Ensure managed staff are aware of any policies and procedures required to complete their tasks.
• Support line manager with rotas and cleaning schedules.
• Responsible for managing stock levels for cleaning consumables, linen and food stock levels and highlighting shortages to line manager to order.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression.
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development.
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service.
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Lease car scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Mental Health First Aiders.
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply).
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team.

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person Specification

Education

• NVQ level 3 relevant certificate or relevant experience.

Experience

• Experience of moving & handling activities.
• Basic Cleaning Skills.
• Some knowledge of cleaning chemical/materials.
• Supervision /management experience in a small team.
• IT Literate.
• Previous experience of supervising staff.
• Experience of working in a mental health care setting.

Skills

• Ability to work by themselves as well as being part of a team.
• An understanding of the principles of delivering quality customer service.
• IT skills - basic knowledge of Microsoft word and excel.

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.

£24,625 to £25,674 a year plus an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum | pro rata