Facilities Manager

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Season ticket loan

Long service awards

On-site nurseries and childcare

Staff wellbeing programme

Ride to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Stop smoking service

Job summary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Facilities Manager to oversee day-to-day facilities services across a zonal area, including housekeeping and patient food services. The role requires leading teams, managing budgets, and driving projects within the department.

The post holder will develop staff through training and appraisals, build relationships at all levels, and ensure services meet agreed standards and outputs aligned with KPIs and business plans.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and ability to develop working relationships at all levels.
• Responsible for the financial budgets across the site and delivering set objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day facilities services including housekeeping and patient food services in a zonal area.
• Lead projects within Facilities Services from inception to close.
• Develop staff through training, coaching and performance appraisals.
• Ensure resources and standards meet statutory and departmental targets.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Budget management

Staff development

Project leadership

Job description

The post holder will assume responsibility for the day to day management of facilities services including housekeeping and patient food services in a zonal area. They will have responsibility for, Facilities Team leaders and groups of operational teams.

The main elements of the role will be to ensure that housekeeping and patient food services are delivered to the required standards and within the agreed budgets and to act as a lead for designated projects within the department. They will develop staff through training and coaching and be actively involved in staff appraisals.

The post requires strong communication skills and the ability to develop working relationships at all levels. The post holder will be accountable for the financial budgets across the site and will be responsible for delivering set objectives within the designated business plan. They will ensure that resources and standards allocated to the team are properly and effectively deployed to deliver agreed outputs determined by key performance indicators. The Facilities Manager will be responsible for contributing to a safe and comfortable housekeeping service and patient food services for the patients, staff and visitors within the hospital.

The main elements of the role are to ensure that staff and patient requirements are met through ensuring the excellent delivery of the facilities services comprising cleaning and ward food and beverage services.

To lead on projects within and relating to Facilities Services as designated by the Senior Facilities Manager. This would include managing the project from inception, planning and design, costing, managing/monitoring and closing.

To take an active role in financial management of designated cost centres within the department and play a lead role in business planning for the department, identifying areas for savings and realigning services to produce efficiencies.

To monitor and influence workforce allocations (staff bank & agency bookings/annual leave/special leave) in line with the department’s financial targets and trust polices.

To ensure that the procedures and systems within the facilities department meet all statutory requirements, through the development and implementation of appropriate policies and procedures and through appropriate audit and control. To manage all staff so as to ensure that the local teams meet the objectives set and that the staffs themselves have excellent opportunities for development in order to fulfil their potential.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.

• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Long Term Service Awards
• Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers
• A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme, '5 ways to a healthier YOU'
• Ride to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Free stop smoking service

Our Trust values: We are Caring / Ambitions / Inclusive