Housekeeping Supervisor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
Join the welcoming Housekeeping Team at Kettering General Hospital as a Housekeeping Supervisor. This full-time role requires flexibility to cover a 7-day service with shifts between 07:00-22:00, including two weekends per month. You will need proven knowledge of delivering a successful housekeeping service and previous supervisory experience is an advantage. The role involves ensuring continued support to the housekeeping team across clinical areas and may require travel to other off-site premises.
Essential criteria
- NVQ in Cleaning or equivalent experience
- Level 2 in IT
- Level 2 or equivalent in English literacy skills
- Level 2 in English Numeracy Skills
- Educated to level 2 or equivalent level of education, training or experience.
- Knowledge & Experience
- Previous experience of working/supervising in a cleaning environment
- Previous supervisory management experience
- Knowledge of Health and Safety
- Knowledge of National Standards of Cleanliness
Desirable criteria
- Previous Hospital/NHS cleaning experience
- Understanding of COSHH
- Prioritising own and others' workload
- Use of cleaning equipment and chemicals (COSHH)
- Experience in the use of recognised cleaning software audit packages
- Education, Training & Qualifications
- NVQ in Cleaning or equivalent experience
- Level 2 in IT
- Level 2 or equivalent in English literacy skills
- Level 2 in English Numeracy Skills
- Educated to level 2 or equivalent level of education, training or experience.
- Knowledge & Experience
- Previous experience of working/supervising in a cleaning environment
- Previous supervisory management experience
- Knowledge of Health and Safety
- Knowledge of National Standards of Cleanliness
- Previous Hospital/NHS cleaning experience
- Understanding of COSHH
- Prioritising own and others' workload
- Use of cleaning equipment and chemicals (COSHH)
- Experience in the use of recognised cleaning software audit packages
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 5d ago · Closes in 9d
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Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Housekeeping Supervisor
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
We believe our staff are our biggest asset. We want to develop a positive, inclusive, and caring culture that engages and inspires all our staff, with a clear focus on improvement. We are looking for highly motivated flexible individual to join the large welcoming Housekeeping Team as a**** Housekeeping Supervisor.
This will be a full time position of 37.5 hours per week; successful candidates will need to be able to work flexible hours to meet the needs of a 7 day service over a 12 week roster working shifts between 07:00-22:00 this position also involves working 2 weekends in every month.
There is also a requirement to travel to other off site premises that are part of Kettering General hospital.
Shift times are as follows :
07:00-15:00 any 5 days from 7
11:00-19:00 any 5 days from 7
14:00-22:00 any 5 days from 7
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will need to have proven knowledge of delivering a successful housekeeping service, previous supervisory experience would be an advantage.
The successful candidate will be expected to have a continued presence on all clinical areas of the Trust ensuring continued support to the housekeeping team.
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