Facilities Supervisor

Job summary

You will be responsible for the first line management of the Domestic team within the department. You will be responsible for delivering high quality services in a cost effective manner, implementing best practice solutions to inform and support continuous service improvement models: monitoring service provision; ensuring a prompt effective response to any service failures; ensuring a high quality environment is maintained for our patients, staff and visitors.

To oversee the day-to-day activity in the domestic and portering department, ensuring thatthe service is delivered according to the service specification. Allocation of existing staff andresources to ensure smooth running of the service.

Main duties of the job

A position has now become available for a Domestic Supervisor, Band 3 at Altrincham Hospital working as part of the Estates and Facilities Team.

The job entails working within a very busy department where no day is ever the same. If you are an organised, self-motivated, pro-active, problem solving individual then this is the post perfect for you. You will be responsible for the efficient day to day operation of the Domestic Service Team for the Trafford Division in liaison with the wider Clinical Teams

You will be responsible for the first line management of the Domestic team within the department. You will be responsible for delivering high quality services in a cost effective manner, implementing best practice solutions to inform and support continuous service improvement models: monitoring service provision; ensuring a prompt effective response to any service failures; ensuring a high quality environment is maintained for our patients, staff and visitors.

The post holder must have supervisory experience with Domestic service and desirable would be experience of working within the Facilities services within the NHS.

The post is part time 30hours per week and does involve working and early start of 7am

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.