Facilities Supervisor

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking NHS Trust as a Facilities Services Supervisor, where you will lead a dedicated team in providing essential cleaning and catering services at Monet Lodge. This part-time role offers the opportunity to make a real difference in patient care by ensuring a safe and pleasant environment. With a commitment to excellence and a collaborative approach, you'll work within a busy department, managing resources effectively while supporting clinical services. Be part of an organization that champions diversity and inclusion, providing a robust framework for career development and a culture of belonging. This is your chance to contribute to the health and well-being of the community while pursuing your professional goals.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of cleaning processes and health & safety regulations.
• Experience in a supervisory role within a healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily activities in the domestic and catering departments.
• Lead and coordinate the Facilities Services team at TWA hospitals.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Team Leadership

Education

GCSEs including Maths and English

Customer Care Training/Certificate

Basic Food Hygiene Level 2 Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Email Communication

Job description

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Main area: Domestic Grade NHS AfC: Band 3

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 25 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Job ref: 349-EST-6967058*

Site: Monet Lodge

Town: West Didsbury, Manchester

Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 23/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

TWA, Trafford, Withington and Altrincham hospitals is a division of Manchester Foundation Trust and the Facilities staff employed provide an integral service to the smooth running of the Division. We are now looking for a Facilities Services Supervisor to work at Monet Lodge Intermediate Care Unit as part of our Withington division to help us to continue to deliver excellent support services to the Trust.

As a working Facilities Services Supervisor, you will lead a team of facilities assistants in providing essential and comprehensive cleaning and catering services to the site. You will also undertake essential cleaning and catering tasks to provide our patients with a safe and pleasant environment and meal service.

Main duties of the job

1. To oversee the day-to-day activity in the domestic, linen, and catering department, ensuring that the service is delivered according to the service specification.
2. To manage the allocation of existing staff and resources to ensure the smooth running of the service.
3. To lead and co-ordinate the Facilities Services team at TWA hospitals and deliver a service through the Domestic, Catering, Linen and Portering Services team that meets the demands of the stakeholders and customers serviced by the Soft Facilities Management team based at the nominated site.
4. To co-ordinate and liaise with equivalent Facilities supervisors where necessary to provide an efficient and compliant overall Soft Facilities Management service.
5. To liaise with the clinical team to ensure that the facilities services support the clinical services.
6. The job entails working within a very busy department where no day is ever the same. If you are an organised, self-motivated, pro-active, problem-solving individual then this is the post perfect for you. You will be responsible for the efficient day-to-day operation of the Domestic and Catering Service Team at Monet Lodge for the TWA Division in liaison with the wider Facilities and Clinical Teams.
7. The post is part-time 25 hours per week and does involve working an early start of 7am on some days.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Knowledge

• Good knowledge of cleaning processes.
• Have a good knowledge of computers and able to send and receive emails, use Microsoft and Excel.
• To understand and be able to carry out instructions to set specifications.
• Understanding and awareness of confidentiality.
• Understanding of the National Standards of Cleanliness policy.

Skills and Abilities

• Able to complete quality control documentation accurately and to a schedule.
• Providing advice, instruction or training to groups where the subject matter is straightforward.
• Able to plan staff deployment, including managing rotas and allocating leave, ensuring continuous cover, within budget restraints.
• The ability to deal with complaints in line with Trust procedure.

Qualifications

• Good written and spoken English and the ability to do basic maths.
• GCSE's to include maths and English or equivalent.
• Customer care training/certificate.
• Moving and handling training/certificate.
• Basic food hygiene level 2 certificate.
• Leadership/managing people training/certificate.

Experience

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of Health & Safety.
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment.
• Experience of working within a supervisory or management role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.