Head of Health, Safety, Compliance & Security | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Preston seeks an experienced Associate Director of Facilities, Health, Safety and Security. This role involves leading the facilities function, authoring policies, and ensuring compliance with healthcare standards. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant degree and possess strong leadership and governance skills. This position offers flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Career breaks available

Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams and resources effectively.
• Strong background in health and safety regulations.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across departments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Soft Facilities, Health, Safety and Security function.
• Develop and author policies and related procedures.
• Manage Heads of Service and ensure good governance.

Skills

Leadership

Policy Authoring

Strategic Planning

Governance and Compliance

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

We are currently looking to recruit an Associate Director of Facilities, Health, Safety and Security on a permanent basis.

This senior level post will lead the Soft Facilities, Health, Safety and Security function working directly under the Director of Estates & Facilities with joint professional accountability to the Chief Nurse. They will be accountable for the governance and compliance for Cleaning and report to the IPC and E&F group prior to Trust Management Board. The role will support joint working across Estates and Facilities and Nursing and Quality, providing assurance and good governance in relation to cleanliness, Decontamination, Water Safety, Medical devices, Clinical Design Builds and Ventilation and the associated governance to the Board Assurance Framework.

Responsibilities

• Autonomy to author policies and related procedures and write and present Board level reports.
• Be a member of the senior Estates and Facilities leadership team for the Trust, deputising for the Director of Estates and Facilities as required, and leading on Trust-wide strategic directives.
• Provide leadership across the integrated healthcare agenda, ensuring standards are upheld across the organisation. Manage Heads of Service and has the autonomy to set work programmes in relation to good governance and corporate strategy.
• Manage mobilisation of new contracts related to soft FM, performance manage the same and hold those individuals to account.

About the Trust

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Working arrangements

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025