FM Supervisor

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Ivy Chimneys; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities andopps

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Lease cars (Salary Sacrifice)

Cycle to Work

Day One Flexible Employer

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a FM Supervisor (Band 3) based at St Margaret's Hospital, Epping. The role involves day-to-day co-supervision of Facilities Management services across an NHS site, with responsibility for a customer-facing point of contact and supervising FM Assistants.

You will manage cleaning, catering, portering, goods receiving, linen and laundry services, including grounds maintenance where applicable, and you must hold a valid UK driving license.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising facilities management services.
• Experience in customer-facing roles and coordinating teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day FM services in designated locations.
• Be the point of contact for FM-related issues and coordinate FM Assistants.
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness and safety across sites.
• Support delivery of cleaning, catering, portering, goods receiving, linen and laundry services.

Skills

Co-supervision

Customer service

Communication

Driving license

Job description

Job overview

FM Supervisor

Band 3 - £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata (£12.75 to £13.60 per hour)

This post will include Unsocial Hours Payments as follows: Saturday - Time plus 35% of the salary

37.5 hours per week - See below for rota

Monday to Friday - 12:30 - 20:00

Saturday - 14:00 - 19:00 (every 2nd week)

St Margaret's Hospital, Epping

Please note you must have right to work in the UK to apply for this position.

Due to current Home Office Guidelines, we are unable to sponsor this job role.

You will be responsible for the day to day co-supervision of the FM services and will be the customers’ point of contact for any FM related issues, using a trust vehicle (you must hold a valid UK full driving license). The FM services comprise of the cleaning, catering, portering, and goods receiving services, linen and laundry management. You will be responsible for supporting the management of all the FM Assistants.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the day to day co-supervision of the FM services in an agreed location(s) and will be the customers’ point of contact for any FM related issues. The FM services comprise of the cleaning, window cleaning, and the catering, portering and goods receiving services, linen and laundry management as well as grounds and gardens maintenance (where applicable). You will be responsible for supporting the management of all the FM Assistants providing the FM services. This will include:

Ensuring that all areas of the site are maintained at an excellent level of cleanliness; goods delivered to site are received, checked and distributed appropriately; food service in both the dining room (where available) and to the wards is delivered appropriately and in a timely fashion;

Ensuring compliance with legislation relating to both Food Safety and Health and Safety;

Ensuring a high standard of customer service; Providing FM support and advice as required. You should also be aware that you may be required to undertake FM duties as a member of the FM team, i.e. cleaning and food preparation duties. You must be aware that your role will require patient contact. You will be working as part of the Estates & Facilities Management Team and are expected to have a flexible approach to your role.

Working for our organisation

EPUT is looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including:

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.