Assistant Facilities Manager - Housekeeping

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work with the Facilities Manager and other members of the team to ensure the efficient and effective running of a high quality service within a delegated budget

To provide operational management to the Housekeeping team, which encompasses the Housekeeping and Bed Turnaround teams, ensuring they provide a service in accordance with the needs of patients and maximise the contribution to the Trust and service objectives.

To ensure the relevant team members perform to agreed standards in accordance with Trust policy and procedure.

To review Housekeeping, Patient Food Service and Bed Turnaround Team services and to suggest and implement agreed changes.

To provide a highly professional service to patients, visitors and staff.

Support and guide the Housekeeping, Bed Turnaround Team and Housekeeping Food Service Team to deliver a great patient experience

Person specification

Application form

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 2-3 years in facilities management, housekeeping, or catering roles.
• Infection Control and Food Safety Training/Qualification

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in a managerial or supervisory role within a similar environment.
• Familiarity with National Standards of Cleanliness and monitoring and audit systems
• Experience of working with staff rotas .

Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.

This post will close before the intended closing date should sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.

Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

All staff no matter where they work or which age group of patients they work with must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.

We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff and contractors.

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If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

We wish to stress that no discourtesy is intended in following such a procedure, and you should not let this deter you from future applications.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Assistant Facilities Manager Job Description (PDF, 533.3KB)