Job overview

How would you like to work for one of the top 8 acute performing Trusts in the country named as best place to work? We are a Trust that is growing and embarking on exciting partnerships with other trusts. We need a special person to join us who is motivated to live the SaSH values and deliver compassion, safety and quality, dignity and respect to our patients.  In return you will be rewarded with a range of benefits including opportunities for personal development and a contributory pension scheme. Our Housekeeping Supervisors support a large team of Housekeepers and Ward Hosts who are responsible for maintaining high levels of cleanliness throughout the Trust and delivering a first class meal and beverage service to our patients.  You need to be confident and flexible, with an ability to think on your feet.  Staying calm in challenging situations and reacting positively to the ever changing needs of the service is paramount. This is a busy, physically active role where excellent communication is at the center of everything you do. If you feel you have the motivation and Skills to become a trainer of the team and experience and would like to be part of a successful organisation please apply.

Main duties of the job

Train, evaluate and instruct new starters and existing staff in the role of housekeeping, ward Host hostess, deep clean, response.

Keeping all records and training for the Trust updated.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
• Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey