JOB DESCRIPTION. The post holder is to work as an integral part of the facilities management team within the Estates and Facilities directorate.

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1 JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Monitoring Officer Band: 3 Directorate: Estates & Facilities Reports to: Cleanliness Monitoring Manager Accountable to: Operational Facilities Manager Community Professionally Accountable to: Head of Estates & Facilities Community Responsible for: N/A Main Base: TBC Contract Status: Permanent AfC Job Reference: Job Summary/Purpose: The post holder is responsible for ensuring a good quality service is achieved and that quality standards and targets are met throughout Cleaning Services. The post holder is to work as an integral part of the facilities management team within the Estates and Facilities directorate. Quality measurement and monitoring form a significant part of this role as does providing feedback to both management and the service providers. The role covers Quality monitoring on all sites where Cleaning Services operate. Organisational Chart: Head of Estates & Facilities Community Operational Facilities Manager Community Cleanliness Monitoring Manager Monitoring Officer

2 Key Relationships: Internal Estates and Facilities Staff Clinical Staff Infection Prevention and Control Team Heads of Departments External Visitor s Contractor s Patient Representative s Trust Governors Key Duties: To carry out cleanliness monitoring inline with predefined working schedule and frequencies of cleaning. To carry out auditing of cleanliness compliance documentation inline with defined working schedule. Key Responsibilities: Undertake cleanliness monitoring on all Trust properties to an agreed standard using computerised quality management tool. Complete action plans for areas of non compliance. Completion of quality audits and preparation of audit reports using a computerised quality management tool. Investigation of any areas of concerns/discrepancies highlighted during monitoring and provide feedback to the appropriate staff/managers. Identification and promotion of good practice, particularly in relation to cleaning, providing recommendations for action following poor audit results, where appropriate. Participation in internal compliance audits, where appropriate. Ensure any changes to the Trust s room data is reported and recorded appropriately within Facilities Management. Liaise with operational managers and staff on a daily basis on overall cleanliness performance levels. Attend key internal meetings e.g. Environmental Steering Group (ESG,) Infection Control to feedback reports etc. Maintain register of compliments and complaints. Be the point of contact within Facilities ensuring all issues not resolved are correctly escalated to the appropriate levels. Review daily/weekly/monthly key performance indicators and ensure they are on track and agree resolution actions where they are not completed/compliant. Prepare and provide cleaning scores information for estates and facilities management monthly report. Summarisation of audit results and provisions of feedback to customers/managers in both numerical and written formats statistics, graphs and written reports. Liaison with Ward & Department Managers on any issues identified within their areas, again including recommendations for action where appropriate. Participation in PLACE (Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment) audits on all sites with specific responsibility for cleaning/other quality issues.

3 Preparation of cleaning scores/findings to contribute to reports for Corporate Directors, Wards and IP & C. Communications and Working Relations The department aims to maintain the goodwill and confidence of its staff, service users and the general public. To assist in achieving this objective it is essential at all times for employees to carry out their duties in a courteous and sympathetic manner. Each member of a team is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other members. Positive relationships are characterised by open communication, trust and respect. Key Values: Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team Commitment to ensure the highest possible professional standards The Trust would expect all employees to demonstrate our values as part of their day to day working lives: Values, drivers and motivators: Caring about what we do Respecting and valuing each other Listening in order to improve (always seeking to improve) Always doing what we can to be helpful Providing support by: Working in partnership and responding to local needs Respecting Differences: Building on similarities. Empowering people to be involved in decisions about how we provide care Encouraging others to behave respectfully in line with our values Suggesting Values Behaviours to influence and perform efficiently in line with our brand. Standard Generic Items The post holder will uphold and support these values in accordance with the Personal Responsibility Framework. To this end, in our goal to promote and embed equality and diversity throughout the organisation, the post holder will ensure that everyone is treated as an individual, with dignity and respect. Further, the post holder will embrace the Trust s philosophy that as individuals we are all unique, and will acknowledge and value difference in order to treat everyone fairly. The post holder will maintain the security of sensitive personal and other confidential information and will apply all relevant Information Governance policies reliably to working practice. Additionally they will be expected to follow

4 secure operating procedures for handling information in all formats, including verbal, written and that held electronically. The post holder will support the Trust s internal audit service during regular reviews of financial and other systems across the organisation. The post holder will assist audit in these reviews and will provide information as required and without undue delay. The post holder is responsible and accountable for their own practice in line with Trust Infection Prevention and Control policies that reflect evidence, best practice and legislative requirements. The post holder will have the appropriate level of child protection and adult safe guarding knowledge, skills and practice required for the post and be aware of and comply with the Trust s child protection and adult safe guarding policies and procedures. In addition to observing the departmental rules and procedures, which all staff are required to observe and follow, the post holder is also required to follow the Trust s general policies and procedures that apply to the employment relationship. Whilst the Trust recognises specific responsibilities fall upon management, it is also the duty of the post holder to accept personal responsibility for the practical application of these policies, procedure and standards. The post holder should familiarise themselves with these, and ensure they have an understanding of them, and adhere to them. Particular attention is drawn to: Health & Safety: Under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 it is the responsibility of individual employees at every level to take care of their own health and safety at work, and that of others who may be affected by their acts at work. This includes co-operating with management in complying with health and safety obligations, particularly by reporting promptly any defects, risks or potential hazards. The postholder is required to undertake annual training in respect of Health and Safety and comply and adhere to all Trust Health and Safety Policies. Fire: The post-holder must adhere to the Trust s Fire Policy, including attendance at training. Working Time Regulations: The postholder must ensure that they do not work more than an average of 48 hours per week based on a 17-week period regardless of whether this is for the Trust as a secondary contract, as overtime, bank/casual, and agency work or with another employer. The Trust has a No Smoking Policy. All its premises are considered as nonsmoking zones, other than designated smoking areas. In order to ensure the Trust s ability to respond to changes in the needs of the service, the Trust may make changes on a temporary or permanent basis, that are deemed reasonable in the circumstances, to the duties and responsibilities outlined in the job description. Any changes will be made with reasonable notice,

5 taking into account the circumstances of the Trust and the post-holder. The job description will be reviewed annually as part of the Trust s Appraisal process. JOB DESCRIPTION AGREEMENT: Job Holder [Print name] Job Holder Signature Recruiting Manager [Print name] Recruiting Manager Signature

6 PERSON SPECIFICATION Monitoring Officer Criteria Essential Desirable Education, Qualifications and Training Good standard of Literacy & Numeracy NVQ Level 3 qualification or IOSH member or relevant professional organisation Experience & Knowledge Required Skills & Attributes Aptitude & Personal Qualities equivalent experience Knowledge of quality and monitoring systems Knowledge of cleaning methods and standards Working knowledge of the operational areas of the NHS Sound knowledge of Health & safety particularly in relation to cleaning Good understanding of the regulatory environment particularly the requirements of CQC, EHO and PLACE Quality auditing and monitoring experience Tact and diplomacy when dealing with people and providing feedback Computer literacy and ability to work with figures Organisation skills and ability to plan own workload Confident, pleasant and professional in approach Full UK Driving License Hard working Flexible and innovative with the ability to look creatively outside traditional boundaries An ability to lead, develop and motivate individuals and groups through professionalism and good interpersonal skills An ability to deal with conflict and difficult situations with tact and diplomacy Proven reliability and commitment to results Good numerical skills Knowledge of computerised cleanliness monitoring system

7 Values, Drivers & Motivators Committed to improving the patient experience Good written and verbal communication including written and verbal correspondence Practical application of Microsoft Word and Excel Flexible approach to working hours as dictated by the demands of the service to provide cover for absent colleagues Ability to demonstrate our organisational values and behaviours: Caring about what we do Respecting and valuing each other Listening in order to improve (always seeking to improve) Always doing what we can to be helpful

8 C6: EQUALITY & DIVERSITY C5: QUALITY C4: SERVICE IMPROVEMENT C3: HEALTH, SAFETY & SECURITY C2: PERSONAL & PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT C1: COMMUNICATION PAY BANDS KSF GENERIC BAND OUTLINE: LEVELS a-b c-d and

9 Occupational Health Services Centre for Occupational Health & Wellbeing OH1a Job Risk Assessment Sheet Tel: This profile is intended to identify the hazards that the postholder is likely to be exposed whilst undertaking this role. This is intended to complement the Work Health Assessment Form. Job Title: Monitoring Officer Name: Directorate: Facilities Occupation: The job involves occupational exposure to: Clinical contact with patients Non clinical contact with patients Respiratory irritants (e.g. fumes, dust) Exposure to noise over 80db Latex Cytotoxic agents Solvents Working at night Working at heights Food preparation and handling Working alone Shift work Exposure prone procedures (e.g. surgical invasive procedures) Regular work with patients with TB/ handling of TB specimens Work with potentially aggressive patients/ clients (verbally or physically) Regular requirement to stand/ bend/ kneel/ walk etc Regular requirement to lift/ push/ pull patients/ objects Very hot or very cold working environments Work with immunocompromised patients Regular use of display screen equipment Driving duties (patient/client/staff transport/ transportation of goods e.g. post, specimens) Exposure to hand transmitted vibration Working in confined spaces Risk of blood or body fluid exposure Exposure to ionising radiation Exposure to substances hazardous to health (COSHH regulations) please specify substances High mental stress content Other workplace exposure please Specify Yes No Details/frequency of exposure OH1a/jobriskassessmentsheet/sept2011/reviewsept2013/preparedbyEAW