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Job summary

Main area
Facilities
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
245-MGRFAC-03-26
Employer
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Ashton
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Domestic & Laundry Manager

Band 6

Job overview

Domestic & Laundry Manager 

Hours - 37.5

The Domestic Services Manager is responsible for ensuring the cleaning services that cover the Trust site, Community locations and contracted services provide timely, efficient and effective cleaning in line with National Standards of Cleanliness 2021. The post holder will also ensure cleaning and laundry services comply with CQC, national guidance and legislation.

The Domestic Services Manager is required to work closely with other Facilities teams, the wider clinical and non clinical areas and Infection Prevention teams to provide safe, effective and reactive services.

 

Main duties of the job

 Leadership and Management

To manage the development and delivery of cost effective and efficient Domestic Services within the Hospital and the Community locations.

Ensure that Domestic Services conform to the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness and monitoring bodies such as PLACE (Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment);

Give specialist advice on methods of cleaning regarding changes in legislation, statutory regulations, working practices and infection control.

Effectively manage, develop and support the Deputy Manager, Supervisors and Domestic and laundry staff.

To ensure managers and supervisors are motivated, appropriately trained and developed to deliver a professional approach and empowered with the responsibility of managing their teams.

To ensure responsibilities are well defined for all managed staff.

To ensure that optimum staffing levels across services are always maintained using innovative technology where available to accurately assess capacity and demand for services.

To manage and advise on all staff rotas and annual leave requests, ensuring all absences are recorded.

 

Working for our organisation

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners. 

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate: 

  • Compassion
  • Accountability
  • Respect
  • Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. 

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people. 

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded. 

 The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional Soft Services knowledge and educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.
  • Management qualification or equivalent professional experience.
  • Experience working in the Facilities environment or related environment as a senior supervisor or manager

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
  • Knowledge, understanding and experience in Risk Management and Governance issues.
  • Experience in budgetary and resource management.
  • Leadership skills to provide vision and drive for future development of service.
  • Ability to drive up action plans and ensure deadlines are met in compliance with overall strategy
  • Strong negotiation skills and ability to perform within multi-disciplinary groups.
  • Experience of meeting targets and deadlines.
  • Experience of managing a significant workforce.
  • Knowledge and application of the NHS National Cleaning Standards. Experience of contract management
  • Experience of delivering training at all levels.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of contract management

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Staff management and training,
  • bidding and negotiating for resources, negotiations associated with changes in work practises and procedures, customer agreements and satisfaction, communications
  • Knowledge and application of the national specifications for cleanliness in the NHS.
  • Excellent IT skills (Word, excel etc.)
  • Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
  • Excellent negotiating skills.
  • Excellent leadership skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Budget Management Skills.
  • Excellent skills in using, interpreting and presenting reports.
  • To be able to analyse data and compile reports for presentation.
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Ability to meet targets and deadlines.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Decision maker.
  • Highly effective professional leadership.

Other Factors

Essential criteria
  • Professional appearance.
  • Ability to work flexible hours
  • Ability to successfully maintain professional relationships
  • Self- motivated and self-driven
  • Ability to challenge the status quo
  • Highly motivated

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

The vacancy may close early if it attracts a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrew Hope
Job title
Facilities Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 922 6638
Additional information

 

For any enquiries please email:

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