Head of Facilities

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About us:

Priory Hospital Solihull is a mental health hospital in beautiful grounds in the picturesque village of Meriden. Situated on the outskirts of Solihull and Coventry, we provide Rehabilitation & Recovery services to 31 inpatients over three wards:

• Arley Ward - 10 bedded male R&R service (HDU)
• Elkin Ward - 10 bedded male R&R service (HDU)
• Millison Ward - 11 bedded male R&R service (Community Facing)

Patients have a primary diagnosis of a Serious Mental Illness, with additional complexities such as physical health conditions, substance misuse, and secondary mental health issues.

Priory Hospital Solihull benefits from a stable and established MDT which includes the Medical team, OT, Psychology, Nurses, HCAs and Ward Managers. We are also supported by an administrative team, housekeeping, maintenance, catering and senior management teams.

Priory Group's focus on quality improvement, combined with Priory Hospital Solihull's focus on delivering patient-centred care allow us to continuously evaluate and enhance our performance.

Job Advert Role Description

Our approach:

The treatment programme at Priory Hospital Solihull aims to optimise patient's independence. We support our patient's recovery by assessing their abilities and needs, and developing psychological, emotional, social and occupational skills, alongside treating and minimising risk behaviours. All interventions aim to help the patient to maximise independence, understand the effect their experiences have on themselves and others, to help them to manage the impact of internal and external triggers on their behaviour, and ultimately to provide hope for a fulfilling future.

Our approach to care acknowledges patient's as individuals, each with their own unique skills and needs. Supporting patients to identifying meaningful and achievable goals is essential for successful engagement and treatment.

Brief outline of the role:

As a Head of Facilities, you will be responsible for leading and overseeing the effective operation of the hospital including Estates and Facilities and you will be part of the Senior Management Team. You will be responsible for directly line managing the support service teams (Housekeeping, Maintenance and Catering) as well as the administrative team who have diverse roles.

Main duties of the job:

• 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 operationaland 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
• 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

Desirable Experience and Characteristics:

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Experience in project management
• Experience of budget management
• H&S qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH
• Good organisation and time management
• Comfortable working within tight deadlines
• Proficient with the use of Microsoft Office and other IT systems
• Line management and leadership experience
• Experience working with external stakeholders and teams eg. Estates
• Passionate about providing a high quality service
• Forward thinking, proactive and solution focussed

Brief outline of Perks:

We'd like to offer you:

• Opportunities for professional development
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rota) - increasing increments with continued service
• Your Birthday as an extra days leave
• Contributory pension scheme
• Comprehensive induction
• Free on-site parking
• Subsidised meals on duty (only £1 per meal)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Priory Online Benefits and Cashback rewards
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistant Programme

Division DBS info

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.

Job Description

Head_of_Facilities_June_2022.pdf

Closing Date

08/06/2025