Facilities Supervisor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 20.5
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 14/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an experienced and motivated Facilities Supervisor at the Royal Gwent Hospital. You will lead teams to deliver high-quality cleaning, catering, portering, security, and grounds services. The position involves maintaining standards, monitoring quality, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. It's a hands-on role focused on supporting patient care and contributing to a positive patient experience.
Key responsibilities
- Lead and motivate facilities teams to deliver high-quality services.
- Plan and adjust work schedules to meet service demands.
- Carry out regular ward/department visits and liaise with clinical teams.
- Monitor service quality, complete audits and take corrective action where needed.
- Support staff through training, performance reviews and daily supervision.
- Ensure compliance with Health Board policies, infection control standards, COSHH, Health & Safety and Food Hygiene legislation.
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 supervisory qualification or equivalent qualification
- Food Hygiene & Safety Level 2
- Basic Health & Safety Certificate
- Knowledge of full range of work procedures, practices, and equipment for cleaning, catering and portering services
- Knowledge of COSHH regulations
- Knowledge of Health & Safety, HACCP policy and procedures
- Customer service
- Manual Handling Certificate
- Sufficient experience in the cleaning and catering industry
- Willingness to train for job development
- Ability to motivate and develop staff
- Ability to meet unplanned work deadlines or demands
- Experience of training staff in routine tasks
- Ability to work effectively with both management and other supervisors with a positive attitude and willingness to take responsibly
- Knowledge of working in multi-disciplinary environments
- Proficient IT skills
- Able to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Commitment to personal development
- Ability to travel between sites as requested
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 2 in Cleaning or Catering Services
- Certificate in Health & Safety
- ECDL IT Qualification
- Food Hygiene & Safety Level 3
- Food Allergen Awareness
- Awareness of NHS cleaning techniques as per National Cleaning Standards for NHS Wales
- Awareness of All Wales Nutrition and Catering Standards for Food and Fluid provision for Hospital Inpatients
- Assessing and undertaking risk assessment
- Previous experience of supervising staff
- Experience of undertaking audits
- Knowledge of medical gases
- Knowledge of waste disposal
- Previous experience within a healthcare environment
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £26,813 – £27,890 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Facilities Supervisor - [contact details removed]
The closing date is 14 September 2026
Job summary
Are you an experienced, motivated team leader with a passion for delivering high-quality facilities services in a healthcare environment?
We are looking for aFacilities Supervisor to join our dedicated team at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport supporting patient care across our sites.
In this vital role, you'll help ensure our environments are safe, clean, welcoming and well-maintained--supporting clinical colleagues and contributing directly to excellent patient experience.
There are 2 posts available with the following hours:-
Post - 20.5 hours to be worked 07:00 - 14:00, 06:30 - 14:00 and 06:30-15:00 over 3 shifts per week as part of a 4 week rota
Main duties of the job
As a Facilities Supervisor, you will play a key role in maintaining and improving standards across cleaning, ward catering, portering, security, receipt & distribution, and grounds services. You will:
- Lead and motivate facilities teams to deliver high-quality services.
- Plan and adjust work schedules to meet service demands.
- Carry out regular ward/department visits and liaise with clinical teams.
- Monitor service quality, complete audits and take corrective action where needed.
- Support staff through training, performance reviews and dai
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