Head Of Facilities

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Priory Hospital Barnt Green is located in the stunning Lickey Hills Country Park, 10 miles south of Birmingham City Centre. We have thirty-three beds across three wards including a ten bedded female NHS Psychiatric Intensive Care, a thirteen bedded mixed gender NHS acute service, and a bedded private acute ward beds for both men and women. In addition to providing inpatient services, the hospital has a large Outpatient department and regional conference facilities.
The hospital opened in March 2022 and this is a fantastic opportunity to join a new and developing team, in a brand new hospital located in a beautiful setting.

Job Advert Role Description

To manage and be responsible for the operation of the Hospital including Estates and Facilities. Directly Line Manage
Housekeeping, Admin, Medical Secretaries, Maintenance, Reception & Catering and be part of the Hospital Senior Management Team.

Responsibilities:

• To manage and develop Support Services, ensuring that the highest quality services are provided within budget. • Manages the maintenance of all the hospital's assets, including the building, within the Capital Expenditure Budget.
• Alongside Hospital Director and Regional Finance Manager, identifies budgetary needs (both operational and capital) and puts together proposals to be sent to MD.
• Ensures that functional spends are correctly managed within agreed budgets, as well as identifying and flagging any potential overspends on a weekly basis.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with external suppliers.
• Be highly visible within site to both service users and colleagues.
• Seeks advice and guidance from Estates professionals to ensure that all improvements to assets are carried out to Priory minimum standards, as well as meeting any regulatory requirements.
• Project manages local capital expenditure, if required, meeting with contractors and ensuring best value.
• Lead on site for any building improvements or projects including new builds.
• Manage the activities of any contractors on site to ensure all jobs are completed in a timely manner and within budget.
• Carry out regular building checks to ensure meets quality and compliance standards.
• Responsible for all people issues within support services including leading, developing, recruiting and motivating all team members.
• Keeps abreast of the latest developments in the hospitality, catering and maintenance industries, ensuring that best practice are adopted where appropriate.
• Provide out of hours support for emergency situations with site attendance if necessary
• Ensures team awareness of Priory Customer Satisfaction Surveys, implementing changes as appropriate.
• Communicates and implements Priory policies and procedures, ensuring that all regulatory, health & safety and operational standards are adhered to.
• Maintain health and safety documentation as delegated within their role, requesting assistance from external contractors as appropriate, together with carrying out local safety checks in line with Priory Group Health and Safety policies
• Ensure appropriate external contractors are used to undertake repairs and not to make any repairs or alterations that would affect the safety of the workplace
• Report regularly to site manager on health and safety and fire issues
• Co-ordinates Health & Safety for the hospital reporting directly to the Hospital Director and feeds back to SMT, Clinical Governance and Health & Safety meetings
• Form part of the Senior Management on call rota
• You will be expected to provide cover and support to the wider team and site as and when needed

Knowledge / Education / Skills:

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Line Management experience
• Experience in project management, ideally with a qualification
• Good organisation and time management
• Comfortable working within tight deadlines
• Ability to handle ambiguity
• First class customer service skills

The post holder will ideally have experience in a similar role within Hospitality or Healthcare, a track record of direct Line
Management responsibility/Senior Management history, a H&S qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH and experience of Budget Management.

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About us

As one of the UK's leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your Pre-Employment checks. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements. We thank you for your understanding.

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.

Closing Date

30/11/2024