Join our Housekeeping Team at Royal Bournemouth Hospital as a Team Manager or Supervisor to help ensure our hospital is kept clean. In addition to the salary on offer, we pay generous unsocial hours enhancements and an NHS pension.
It is an exciting time at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital with our BEACH building opening earlier this year and the new COAST building opening in 2026. The Housekeeping Team look after the cleanliness in all areas of the hospital.
Team Managers work as part of the management team within Housekeeping, acting as ‘Duty Manager’ once or twice a week for the housekeeping service. They manage a team of around 50 Housekeeping Assistants and have a specialist area of responsibility such as rostering, recruitment and training, equipment or quality.
To apply click here: Vacancy : 7404452 Housekeeping Team Manager | trac.jobs admin system
Supervisors support our Housekeeping Assistants on a daily basis, ensuring they have everything they need and are using the correct cleaning techniques. Our supervisors provide new Housekeeping Assistants with training on our cleaning procedures.
To apply click here: Vacancy : 7405524 Housekeeping Supervisor | trac.jobs admin system
Connect with colleagues
Tips for checking in with colleagues.
Find a health and wellbeing champion in your department.
Listen to The People Pod our UHD podcast.
Join one of our staff networks.
Read a book from our Living Library.
Connect with friends and family
Find a Men's Shed near you.
Browse these sports and social activities in Dorset.
Relate offers relationship support and counselling.
If you or a colleague are feeling extremely distressed, despairing, or suicidal and need immediate support, please contact one of these services.
Support for you
Take a look at the full list of support available at UHD.
Watch this video to learn about the impact depression can have on you.
Calm's practical guides for when you're finding things difficult.
Supporting others
Learn the signs of distress with Calm's guide to looking out for someone.
Prepare yourself for a tough conversation.
Practice tough conversations.
Learn the facts about prostate cancer so you know what to look out for.
Learn more about mental health.
These self-help guides were written by NHS clinical psychologists with contributions from service users, healthcare and voluntary sector staff.
Testicular cancer is the number one cancer among young men. Do you know how to check yourself?
You may be eligible for a free NHS health check at UHD.
Is something bothering you? Search for an answer on the Men's Health Forum
Give yourself an MOT.
Find a local group or activity to try. LiveWell Dorset also have support for quitting smoking and drinking less.
Sign up to Walk Four Wellbeing.
Get inspired by your colleagues moments for movement.
Use the NHS Fitness Finder to search for activities and classes near you.
Join our hospitals by the sea
Current vacancies
Current vacancies
If you are a qualified AHP who requires re-registration with the HCPC we invite you to look at our website for Return to Practice https://joinourdorset.nhs.uk/ahp-return and submit an expression of interest.
We are proud to be affliated to work closely in partnership with Bournemouth University, and this provides the opportunity for establishing joint posts, shared learning and project work.
Please find below a link to the job opportunities currently being advertised by the University.
What are health and wellbeing check-ins?
A supportive, coaching-style one to one discussion focused on empowering individuals while also building individual and team resilience.
The aim is to embed these conversations across the system and create cultures where people feel heard and valued, and in which diversity is respected.
Check-in conversations should consider holistic needs, identify areas of support and include effective signposting.
There are three main purposes of check-in conversations:
To enable/empower all staff to have a confidential discussion about their wellbeing and what impacts on it
Think about how individuals and teams can nurture and protect their wellbeing
Identify areas of support and signpost effectively
Outputs from a health and wellbeing check-in conversation are to identify:
Areas of health and wellbeing that could be improved using a prevention or self-management approach. This includes support from line managers for workplace adjustments / flexible working
Areas needing additional, targeted support
Areas of organisational change where factors beyond the team or individual may be impacting on health and wellbeing
Wellbeing conversations are not:
Psychological interventions
Performance reviews
Intended to be documented for central monitoring purposes
A risk or mental health assessment
Who should be having these conversations?
In most cases, a health and wellbeing check-in conversation will be held by a line manager or supervisor but in some instances, colleagues may feel more comfortable talking to another trusted colleague about their wellbeing.
In this instance, Health and Wellbeing Champions or Mental Health First Aiders may be an alternative consideration.
When or where should they happen?
Wellbeing conversations could be opportunistic or be scheduled as part of 1:1s, shift handovers, annual work planning / appraisals etc.
They should take place in a safe, confidential space, both virtually and in person.
Recording health and wellbeing check-in conversations
Wellbeing conversations are confidential, they do not have to be recorded but it may be helpful for future check-ins.
Completing a Personal Health and Wellbeing Plan is one way to do this. Another option is to keep notes and ensure the file is password-protected. Anything that is recording belongs to the individual and should not be kept on their personal file.
Good signposting
Signposting is giving someone details of an organisation / service that might be able to address their needs.
It is normally left to the individual to contact the organisations and get the relevant support.
Resources
Why wellbeing conversations are important - video
NHS Leadership Academy Learning Hub
NHS England – Wellbeing conversations
Full list of support for signposting
Making reasonable adjustments to support staff with disabilities
Join our hospitals by the sea
Staff Benefits - Our Location
Our Location
Blue flag beaches, a national park, beautiful Purbeck and Jurassic coast line all on your doorstep - does it get any better than that?! Whether you're a water sports fan or prefer admiring the ocean while topping up your tan, our location has something for you. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole bring a mix of the big city and quaint town, leaving you wanting for nothing. Staff who relocate to this area often say how their life has been enriched by our location. Try it for yourself and see what a difference living by the sea makes to you.
Here are just a few photos of our staff enjoying our beautiful location:
Deepa, Stu, Claire and Pedro wander through Bournemouth's Quadrant Arcade
Barbara, Ruchi and Emma enjoying a coffee break in Bournemouth's Stables restaurant
Barbara and Ruchi cycling along Bournemouth sea front
Claire, Deepa and Ruchi soaking up some sun in the Trust's beach hut
