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Assistant Facilities Manager - Cleaning

On-site in Nottingham·Full-time·Added today (last checked 9 Nov)

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Our summary

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 a year
About £2,220 - £2,640 a month after tax.
Work mode: On-site, Nottingham
Contract: Full-time
Closing date: Apply by Sunday 15 November

Skills

The role

Job summary

The post holder has overall responsibilities for delivering the highest standard of cleaning services to patients, staff and visitors.

The job requires management leadership skills in relation to budgetary and staffing responsibilities.

The post holder will put in place processes for ensuring that the Trust maintains agreed cleaning standards through the development of a skilled team of supervisors and cleaning staff to maintain these standards and improve the patient's experience.

The post holder will play a key role in developing the move to a zonal based model for cleaning and other facilities services.

The post is site dependent and based at the QMC Hospital Campus but may involve travel between both sites in ensuring commonality of standards.

Main duties of the job

The main duties include but are not limited to the following:

Supports the on-going strategic cleaning plan and routinely contributes to the development and delivery of the operational cleaning plan.

Supports the development of cleaning standards to meet the requirements of the National Cleaning Standards (as revised).

To develop, motivate and lead a professional team of cleaning/catering team leaders and cleaning staff who deliver a customer focused service promoting the principal of best value.

To support the negotiation of service level agreements by consultation and with agreement with service users, to ensure the highest standards of service are provided within the budgetary constraints, having taken into account the particular needs of each area of clinical activity.

Fosters an effective working relationship with all service (ward /department) managers & service users to continually ensure that the provision of services is responsive to their needs by meeting with users to alleviate any complaint they have regarding service or staffing levels.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

A Diploma / Degree or NVQ level 4 or equivalent in business / facilities related management.
ECDL or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of managing teams in a Healthcare cleaning environment or facilities / complex company.
Detailed knowledge, practical experience and understanding of a range of work procedures and practices relating to managing cleaning and facilities staff.
Experience of complaints handling in a healthcare environment or complex company.

Communication and Relationships

Essential

Able to present complex information to a large group of non-technical and technical staff in a way that is understood.
Able to provide complex information in the form of written and verbal communication and technical reports to Heads of Departments relating to cleaning and facilities services.
Negotiation with other agencies to ensure best value is attained for the Trust service requirements and contracts

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.