Facilities Supervisor - Waste

NHS; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Gillingham is looking for a Facilities Supervisor. The role involves supervising daily operational services of the trust, ensuring customer-focused service delivery, and supporting the Facilities Team Leader. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication and IT skills, with experience in Facilities supervision. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and a commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Access to training programs

Qualifications

• Experience in Facilities/Logistic supervision or associated organisations.
• Ability to manage deadlines and adaptable to change.
• Good written communication and relational skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily operations of the Facilities department.
• Deliver excellent customer service and address operational challenges.
• Support the Facilities Team Leader in staff management and training.

Skills

Communication skills

IT skills (Excel, Word)

Negotiation skills

Relationship management

Adaptability

Education

Educated to QCF / NVQ 3 or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

We are recruiting for a Facilities Supervisorwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

To supervise the day-to-day operational services of the Medway NHS Foundation Trusts Waste & Transport Departments.

The post holders will be designated an area/areas of main responsibility, but will be required to maintain operational knowledge of all the services detailed below so that to ensure smooth transitions between Logistic services, and to provide cover during leave and absenteeism.

Main duties of the job

The primary responsibility/duty is to supervise all aspects of the daily operations of the area/areas of responsibility, by providing an excellent customer focused service, ensuring that all Department tasks/duties are completed in a professional and timely fashion.

The Facilities Supervisor will be a required to work alongside the team to deliver the daily services, and when needed to deputise for the Facilities Team Leader during periods of absenteeism.

The Facilities Supervisor will be a point of contact which will require high visibility to all users of the services and the staff/teams that they assist in leading.

The Facilities Supervisor will be required to support the Facilities Team Leader across the full range of duties, including staff appraisals, and delivery of Stat man and bespoke training.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job responsibilities

Good level of IT skill is required on programs such as Excel, Microsoft 10, Word

Ability to establish credibility and good relationships with staff including managers, contractors and stakeholders and manage those relationships with sensitivity and diplomacy

Good written communication skills including the ability to work with databases, spreadsheets

Strong communication skills including the ability to relate and communicate with staff at all levels and from different professions.

Appropriate assertiveness skills, proven negotiation skills and an ability to formulate and verbalise views

A strong sense of personal and team accountability with an understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority

Ability to manage deadlines

Ability to adapt to challenging and changing solutions

Flexibility tact

Highly self -motivated committed

Able to work independently with good organisation skills

Ability to deal with challenging people, understanding their views and communicate in a non-confrontational manner using tact and diplomacy

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to QCF / NVQ 3, or equivalent working experience

Knowledge

• Working within a NHS organisation Facilities/Logistics team
• Knowledge of facilities/ logistic operating practices

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in Facilities/ Logistic supervision or associated organisations
• Experience of carrying out audits and/or delivering training

Skills

• Good level of IT skill is required on programs such as Excel, Microsoft 10, Word
• Ability to establish credibility and good relationships with staff including managers, contractors and stakeholders and manage those relationships with sensitivity and diplomacy
• Good written communication skills including the ability to work with databases, spreadsheets
• Strong communication skills including the ability to relate and communicate with staff at all levels and from different professions
• Appropriate assertiveness skills, proven negotiation skills and an ability to formulate and verbalise views
• A strong sense of personal and team accountability with an understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority
• Ability to manage deadlines
• Ability to adapt to challenging and changing solutions
• Flexibility -- tact

Other

• Full clean UK/EU driving licence with D1/D1E entitlement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.