Facilities Officer

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare authority is seeking a Facilities Officer in Canterbury to manage housekeeping teams across multiple sites. The role involves maintaining compliance with Health & Safety standards, conducting staff well-being checks, and managing performance reviews. Ideal candidates will have strong communication and management skills. Join a diverse team committed to providing outstanding care in the Garden of England.

Benefits

Exceptional professional development opportunities

Inclusive and diverse workplace

Commitment to employee well-being

Qualifications

• Experience in managing housekeeping staff.
• Working knowledge of Health & Safety and Fire Regulations.
• Ability to maintain relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Visit all sites to check staff well-being monthly.
• Manage team performance including appraisals and leave.
• Complete annual risk assessment reviews on time.

Skills

Health & Safety knowledge

Communication skills

Management skills

Job description

Overview

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). As a Facilities Officer you will line manage for House Keeping staff who work varying shifts from 07:00 am - 10:00 am and 14:30 pm - 19:30 pm across 9 sites consisting of Out-Patient Admin buildings with clinics, 3 x 10 bed Rehabilitation homes all within the East Directorate only, supporting the management of soft FM contracts, a working knowledge of Health & Safety, Fire Regulations & Trust Policies, including HR, Waste Regulations, NHS Cleaning Standards 2025, Infection Control and Sustainability. You will act as a point of contact and maintain excellent working relationships with all stakeholders, service managers, matrons, general managers, external contractors and colleagues. The role will support our patients utilising our services within our properties and you will provide service improvements and help us live our values every day. The shift patterns will vary based on business need, across the week - Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

• Visit all sites within the remit once a month to check on all staff\'s health and well-being, maintain good communication skills via telephone, emails and face to face.
• Manage your team including MAPS. 1-2-1\'s, annual appraisals, annual leave, sickness and disciplinary procedures.
• Completing annual risk assessment reviews inside the directed timeframes internal and external Workplace Check lists and report back any new findings, ensuring compliance is being met at all times
• Attend monthly meetings with the Facilities teams and the Wider Senior Management team, meeting, and assisting with any queries or concerns raised.
• Remain in the annual financial budgets allocated per site and raise concerns identified.
• Maintain and update MICAD for all of the directorate compliance reporting.

About KMPT

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones. The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service. Our strategy Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.