Deputy Facilities Manager

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Bristol is seeking an experienced Deputy Facilities Manager. You will manage cleaning teams, conduct investigations, and ensure high standards in services. The role offers a competitive salary up to £37,796 pa pro rata and generous leave entitlements. Ideal for someone passionate about facilities management and team motivation.

Benefits

Competitive salary

27 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Industry-leading pension scheme

Discounts in local and national outlets

Qualifications

• Experience managing front line cleaning teams.
• Proven ability to achieve key performance indicators.
• Strong team management in facilities/soft FM/housekeeping.

Responsibilities

• Manage the front line cleaning teams.
• Conduct investigations and write case reports.
• Ensure standards are maintained throughout the building.

Skills

Managing large teams

Experience in a fast-paced cleaning environment

Technical understanding of services provided

Resilience management

Job description

At University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust, we are currently recruiting for an experienced Deputy Facilities Manager to join our Estates and Facilities Division, providing a hands-on management style to the Cleaning/Catering teams at St Michael's Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to join us and continue to develop yourself as a facilities management professional in this forward-thinking Division.

The Estates and Facilities Division are recognised for making a difference by enabling, by getting things done, and never walking by an opportunity to challenge or improve the service we provide to both patients and colleagues. The shift pattern is Monday - Friday, with one weekend a month as Duty Manager. There is a requirement for this post to cover a variety of shift patterns, and you will mostly work between 08:00 - 18:00.

Day-to-day tasks may include:

• Managing the front line cleaning teams, cleaning wards, and other clinical areas, departments, and outer areas.
• Conducting investigations, writing case reports, and presenting to senior managers.
• Ensuring your 100+ strong team are achieving key performance indicators in areas such as cleanliness, food hygiene, and mandatory training.
• Managing a team of cleaning senior supervisors to ensure standards are maintained throughout the building.
• Having experience of managing and motivating large teams in a facilities/soft FM/housekeeping environment.
• Having experience in a fast-paced cleaning environment and being able to demonstrate technical understanding of the services provided, i.e., cleaning, catering.
• Having sound resilience management.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall, and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston, and beyond.

As a forward-thinking, multi-award-winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston; join us, and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds: city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

We offer a competitive salary of £31,049 - £37,796 pa pro rata + unsocial hours, an industry-leading pension scheme, 27 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (increasing with service), a multitude of discounts in local and national outlets, and being part of a team that is as forward-thinking and motivated as you are.