Domestic Supervisor | Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 18 February 2026 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 2NN |
| Company: | Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7706452/302-25-7706452E |
Summary
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are currently recruiting for a Domestic Supervisor role within our Domestic team atRoyal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan.
The post will be working 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday 07.00 - 13.00)
The post holder should have a flexible approach to working hours and be able to cover a variety of shift patterns as the service requires.
Please note:Applicants who have previously been advised that they do not meet the requirements for this position should not reapply unless they have since taken clear steps to strengthen their application. Reapplications must include evidence demonstrating how the essential criteria are now met.
Please be advised, applications are scored against the person specification, detailed in the job advert. Candidates with highest scores will be invited to the interviews. Please read the person specification and in your application (Supporting information section) please describe how do you meet these criteria for the role.
This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage interested candidates to apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the daily supervision of the Domestic Services, completing all supervisory duties.
• To work as part of a supervisory team.
• To provide support to our domestic team.
• To adopt a flexible approach.
• Organise staff annual leave.
• Be prepared to offer any training support needed.
• To continue to help everyone to maintain government standards.
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Good basic salary plus an attractive package of benefits which include:
Excellent Pension & Life Assurance Package (over 20% employer contribution)
Excellent annual leave entitlements 27 to 33 days per annum dependent upon service.
Paid occupational maternity, paternity, and adoption leave dependent upon service.
Training opportunities and eLearning resources.
Health and wellbeing support.
Career Progression opportunities within Estates & Facilities and the NHS.
Access to salary sacrifice schemes for items such as lease vehicles and buy a bike schemes.
NHS Discount schemes to access hundreds of discounts and savings from everything to High Street Stores to restaurants, family holidays and more.
Long Service Awards.
• Allocate & organise day-to-day work tasks and activities, adjust staff rotas for unplanned absences and release of staff for training.
• Security of buildings.
• Monitoring of performance of duties as laid down in work schedules
• Performance of duties in accordance with approved methods, frequencies and standards.
• Training & assessment of staff in the use of equipment machinery, COSHH and cleaning materials as directed.
• Allocation of cleaning materials and equipment.
• Make spot checks on wards and Departments to check on cleaning standards.
• Monitor the compliance of the uniform policy.
• Attend relevant training courses as directed.
• Completion of Datix reporting system.
• Adopt a flexible approach when undertaking duties as part of a team, including colleagues and other staff, working towards the highest possible standards of patient care.
• Hospital site key holder, key allocation of, user of alarm systems
• Audit cleaning standards to National Standards and Quality assurance procedures on wards and Departments, take corrective action when necessary.
• Liaises with wards, departments and accommodation.
• Handles complaints and takes preliminary action to resolve.
• Take action as necessary on reported accidents at work and defects with machinery and buildings. Carry out initial investigations into accidents at work.
• Implement policies and make recommendations to improve or change work practices for own area.
• Assist with Interview & selection of staff in compliance with the HR Recruitment policy.
• Training & assessing in conjunction with the Domestic Services Training protocols.
This vacancy is open to all internal candidates. NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager’s agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis as it is to provide cover for a substantive employee on secondment and will end in July 2026 or when the substantive postholder returns. Whilst this post is advertised on a fixed term / secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
This advert closes on Friday 23 Jan 2026