- (Lc) Site Services Manager

Nhs Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Western General Hospital in Edinburgh is recruiting a proactive manager to lead the Catering and Retail Services on site. You will ensure services meet quality standards, stay within budget and deliver value to patients and staff. The role requires coordinating with clinical teams and hospital facilities to support core healthcare provision.

We value equality and diversity, and support reasonable adjustments to recruitment. The post requires PVG clearance; UK work eligibility is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage catering and retail services on site to support core healthcare provision.

Job description

Western General Hospital

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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Work Pattern - Working hours are 12 noon to 8pm and 1pm to 9pm. Monday to Friday.

The Job purpose is to lead and manage the provision of Catering and Retail Services within the site in order to support the delivery of core healthcare provision and ensure services are delivered within budget and that best value and quality are delivered. This also includes to lead and manage agreed project(s), which may be multi-stranded, to support the achievement of the Catering Strategy as well as wider soft FM and retail service.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Gordon Fender at 0131 537 3501 or by email .

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

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