Facilities & Site Logistics Supervisor | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Facilities & Site Logistics Supervisor at their Sutton site in the UK. This role involves overseeing portering and security services, ensuring efficient delivery of operations while maintaining high standards. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills and experience in a busy logistics environment. Join a team committed to patient care and operational excellence in a dynamic hospital setting.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Wide range of staff benefits

Qualifications

• Strong organisational skills and commitment to patient-centred service.
• Experience in leading teams within a busy facilities or logistics environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate operational services for the hospital.
• Oversee portering, security, reception services, and Helpdesk functions.
• Support patient flow and respond to emergencies.

Skills

Organisational skills

Leadership

Team management

Job description

We are seeking an organised and proactive Facilities & Site Logistics Supervisor to join our team at the Sutton site, including the Oak Cancer Centre. This is a vital supervisory role responsible for coordinating and supporting a wide range of operational services that keep our hospital running smoothly.

The successful candidate will oversee portering, security, and will offer support to our reception services and Helpdesk functions, ensuring services are delivered efficiently, safely, and to a high standard. You will play a key role in supporting patient flow, responding to emergencies, and providing leadership and guidance to frontline staff.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong organisational skills, a commitment to patient‑centred service, and experience in leading teams within a busy facilities or logistics environment.

If you are ready to make a difference in ensuring safe, effective, and high‑quality support services within a leading NHS Trust, we would love to hear from you.

• The key purpose of this position is to manage the Portering, Post Room Security staff and Car Parking Teams on all aspects of their work, ensuring the highest levels of performance which is consistent with the Trust Core Values. In addition, to support the Management Team in the smooth running of the service.
• To assist in overseeing the logistics of postal service and distribution of goods, materials, furniture and equipment.
• To assist in providing facilitation of any site management requirements requiring logistical support.
• Able to work across both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the service as and when required.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world‑leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on‑going achievements.

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification.

• Responsibility for supervising staff expected to lead, motivate, develop and reward staff and are required to comply with the Trust's policies and Manager's Code of Conduct in the following areas.
• Assist in the effective recruitment and selection of staff in line with the Trust's Recruitment Code and Recruitment & Selection Processes and Standards.
• Ensure staff are appraised annually, have clear objectives which link to department, division/directorate or corporate objectives and a personal development plan.
• Ensure all new staff receive core and departmental induction.
• Ensure performance issues are dealt with in an appropriate and timely manner and follow the Trust's Disciplinary or Poor Performance Procedures where formal action is necessary.
• Ensure that satisfactory systems are in place to maintain effective communication within your area and be responsible for ensuring that any Trust Communications Systems are utilised.
• Observe and comply with the Trust's policies and procedures for Health and Safety ensuring the environment in which you and your staff work is safe, clean and tidy.

This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Dec 2025