About this role
Job summary
The post holder will play a pivotal role in ensuring that the healthcare environments across Southport and Ormskirk sites meet the highest standards of hygiene and infection prevention. The postholder will be responsible for the development, delivery, and evaluation of cleaning training programmes for both the clinical and non- clinical teams and undertaking both technical and efficacy audits as outlined in the National Standards of Cleanliness.
To act as a subject matter expert in cleanliness and environmental hygiene, supporting both clinical and non-clinical teams to embed best practice. The role involves conducting training programmes, audits, monitoring and providing feedback to improve service delivery. The trainer will also contribute to quality improvement initiatives ensuring that cleanliness standards are consistently achieved and maintained.
This position requires strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and the ability to motivate and inspire staff. The trainer will collaborate with infection prevention control team, facilities management and senior leadership to drive a culture of safety, accountability.
In addition, this post will require cross- service coverage across the wider Soft FM service portfolio where required, ensuring flexibility and integration across facilities functions such as catering, portering and linen services.
Main duties of the job
This Job Outline highlights the main areas of responsibility for the post and is not exhaustive. It is expected that in line with the development of the Trust, additional responsibilities that are commensurate to the role will be added to this role outline to reflect the changing environment of the Trust as an NHS organisation.
Please note, JD and PS are subject to AfC approval.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018 Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal) National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please find attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed responsibilities and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications Desirable
Degree / NVQ 3 / 4 in cleaning, facilities or equivalent Teaching / Training qualification (PTLLS, Train the Trainer)
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Basic understanding of Word and Excel Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness Knowledge of Infection Control Experience of delivering training programmes
Desirable
Experience of working in Healthcare or Soft FM environment
Skills Essential
Experience of delivering training programmes Excellent communication skills Ability to lead, motivate, and inspire teams Analytical skills to interpret audit results and implement improvements Ability to work on their own Ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary team. Ability to work under pressure and be able to prioritise Flexibility and adaptability to cross- service responsibilities
Desirable
Knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control
Orher Essential
Sitting at a desk for significant periods of the working day Ability to learn and adapt to new situations as they arise Ability to use own initiative and demonstrate leadership skills Ability to prioritise workload and have good time management High levels of concentration, when delivering training programmes Emotional resilience to manage challenging situations, including staff resistance to change Able to deal with conflicting work pressures. Able to deal with sensitive / upsetting situations VDU used for large part of the day
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Southport Hospital
Town Lane
Southport
PR8 6PN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)