Housekeeping Team Leader

Nuffield Health • Full-time • Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK • 1w ago

Housekeeping Team Leader

Newcastle upon Tyne | Cleaning | Permanent Contract | Full Time |

Up to £29,000 per annum

37.5 hours per week

At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it’s driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want – we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.

Keeping our hospitals clean is a big priority for us. At Nuffield Health, we believe a clean and safe environment is essential to delivering outstanding care. We’re looking for a Housekeeping Team Leader to supervise and support our cleaning team, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and service for our patients, staff, and visitors. Bringing strong communication and leadership skills, you’ll manage rotas, oversee stock control, and prioritise workloads effectively. With good IT and customer service skills, as well as an eye for detail, you’ll also play a hands-on role in daily housekeeping duties, helping to create a welcoming and safe environment.

As a Housekeeping Team Leader, you will:

Ensure cleaning products and equipment are used effectively, following health and safety procedures while meeting service deadlines.

Monitor and manage stock levels, ensuring the team has the resources they need to maintain high standards.

Oversee key administrative tasks, including scheduling and maintaining rotas, stock control, conducting audits, and keeping training records up to date.

Act as the main point of contact for reporting and resolving issues within work areas or equipment, liaising with the management team to find effective solutions and dealing with complaints.

Maintain a safe and hygienic environment, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, including audits.

Providing day to day supervision of the housekeeping team, including scheduling work, inductions, development and training, tracking leave and absences.

Ensure work is completed efficiently, to high standards, and in line with infection prevention policies and agreed procedures.

As a Housekeeping Team Leader you must;

Have a NVQ level 2 in Housekeeping or equivalent qualification

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

It starts with you.