Senior Facilities Manager | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 per annum (incl. of HCAA) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 9RT |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6291108/196-ESS1382-T |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Manager within the Facilities Department at Guy's Hospital. The successful candidate will play an integral part in the delivery of all facilities services, including Housekeeping and Patient Food Services along with the general physical environment of the hospital site.
The post holder will act as an account manager and point of liaison/escalation for all Essentia services to the clients and will have responsibility for:
• Operational processes:strategic planning, escalating issues, monitoring of compliance.
• Workforce:monitoring and influencing workforce allocations, procedures and systems meeting statutory requirements, management of operational teams, leadership through change, training and development.
• Health & Safety:ensuring good standards are adhered to throughout the building, responding to emergency issues, responsible for supporting fire evacuation process, carry out audits of services and their effectiveness.
• Financial Management:to take an active role in managing costs, business planning and business plans.
• Communication:to understand and support specific IT requirements, lead in implementation of policies relating to facilities, communicate with wide range of providers.
The successful candidate will have management experience as well as demonstrable leadership skills in supporting a team in a fast paced customer facing environment.
The post holder takes specific responsibility for ensuring all facilities services, namely Housekeeping and Patient Food Services and the general physical environment in specific hospital site buildings, are serviced and maintained in a timely, efficient, and cost effective way.
The post holder acts as an account manager and point of liaison/escalation for all Essentia services to the clients using the Guy’s Hospital buildings and manages client relationships on a day-to-day basis. They liaise between operational line managers and other Essentia services, working closely with the Essentia Helpdesk as the first point of contact regarding operational issues.
The post holder reviews and reports on the day-to-day performance standards of facilities contract providers working in the building. A key element of the role is focusing upon a continuous improvement of productivity, efficiency and service to the clients.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 May 2024