Band 3 Facilities Supervisor

NHS; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Loughborough is seeking a Facilities Supervisor to support the delivery of high-quality facilities services. The role involves managing daily operations, ensuring compliance with standards, and promoting a customer-focused service. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication and organizational skills, and be capable of problem-solving in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary with unsocial hours payments

Free parking

Paid induction and training

Access to Blue Light and health service discounts

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and highly motivated.
• Capable of promoting the Facilities department.

Responsibilities

• Managing effective delivery of local site services.
• Leading and guiding Facilities staff.
• Ensuring compliance with infection prevention protocols.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Problem-Solving

Job description

Job Overview

The Facilities Supervisor is a member of the LPT Estates and Facilities team. The postholder will support the Facilities Co-ordinator in delivering high-quality soft facilities services and will be responsible for managing the effective and efficient delivery of local site services and facilities daily. The postholder will assist in the day-to-day operations of the multi-skilled Facilities Department, ensuring optimal resource utilization.

Reporting to the Facilities Co-ordinator, the postholder will ensure all services comply with National Standards and may deputise for the Co-ordinator when needed. They will ensure services are delivered in a safe, appropriate environment for patients and visitors and that staff can effectively deliver care. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, highly motivated, possess good communication, organizational skills, and an analytical approach to problem-solving. They should be capable of promoting the Facilities department, presenting a customer-focused service, developing new skills, and staying updated with technological advancements.

The role requires working various shifts, including weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

1. Sourcing and ordering goods/services following best practices and procedures.
2. Stock control, monitoring orders, handling discrepancies, and maintaining purchase records for invoice reconciliation.
3. Producing food and cleaning consumable orders to maintain stock levels.
4. Raising requisitions (using Saffron), receiving goods, inspecting deliveries, and processing invoices.
5. Leading and guiding Facilities staff, supervising multiple roles, and fostering operational excellence.
6. Ensuring staff adhere to infection prevention protocols, including the trust’s colour coding system.
7. Overseeing meal preparation and regeneration at ward level following food safety policies.
8. Maintaining equipment and materials, reporting defects promptly, and ensuring quick repairs.
9. Implementing deep cleaning procedures when necessary, including decontamination and carpet cleaning.

About us

We may close the advert early if we receive enough applications. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) offers community health, mental health, and learning disability services across over 100 settings, serving over 1 million people with a staff of 6,500. We value workforce diversity and encourage applications from all community sections, especially underrepresented groups. Further details about benefits and organizational values are available in our application materials. We support flexible working arrangements.

Job responsibilities

• Competitive salary including payments for unsocial hours, with Saturday and Sunday enhanced pay.
• Free parking.
• Paid induction and training.
• Access to Blue Light and health service discounts.
• Roles across various sites; some may be mobile and less accessible by public transport, though some sites are within Leicester community.
• For more details on duties and responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• For detailed qualifications, see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Experience

• For detailed experience requirements, see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This position is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. An Enhanced DBS check will be required to verify any criminal convictions.