Domestic Team Leader
| Posting date: | 06 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £33,094.00 to £36,195.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £33094.00 - £36195.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, N19 5NF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9220-26-0082 |
Summary
Allocate cleaning staff on a daily basis, ensuring that all areas of the hospital are cleaned, in line with functional risk levels for each area. Prioritise cleaning in the event of staff shortages, minimising risk and ensuring shortages do not adversely affect any one area Visit staff in their work area, ensuring that cleaning staff are supported in their role and ensuring compliance with required cleaning schedules and cleaning methods Ensure assurance documentation is completed by domestics on wards and departments immediately following completion of assurance checks. Assurance documentation includes food safety and cleaning frequency On receipt of cleanliness audit results, issue domestics with failures list if applicable, and ensure rectifications are completed within the required timescale for the functional risk level Complete competency checks, ensuring cleaning staff are competent to clean to the required standard, using agreed cleaning methods. Competency checks are to be completed at least annually for each domestic and documented. Provide refresher trainer as required to ensure staff are competent to clean to the required standard Ensure all cleaning staff adheres to the departmental cleaning policies and procedures Ensure that cleaning staff use safe working practices i.e. meet COSHH regulations, wear PPE, and meet manual handling regulations Monitor the performance of cleaning staff and address minor performance issues in line with Trust policies. Bring repeated or more serious performance issues to the attention of the Domestic Manager Support as require with annual appraisals, reviewing performance including the outcome of their competency check, agree objectives and personal development plans Complete local induction and initial training for new starters within the department as and when required. Please see Job description and personal specification for full outline of main role and responsibilities