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Job overview
As Deputy Facilities Manager, you will provide operational and strategic leadership for housekeeping and domestic services, ensuring compliance with national healthcare cleanliness standards, infection prevention requirements and Trust policies. You will oversee the delivery of cleaning services across BCHC-owned sites, managing performance, workforce development and service improvement initiatives.
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Candidates who are passionate about maintaining high standards, developing people, driving operational excellence and creating safe, clean healthcare environments that support outstanding patient care. We are looking for a confident and experienced leader who can inspire teams, drive high standards and deliver service improvements within a complex healthcare environment
Main duties of the job
- Lead and manage in-house housekeeping and domestic teams across multiple locations
- Manage delegated budgets of approximately £2.5 million, ensuring value for money and delivery of cost improvement plans.
- Act as the Trust's cleanliness lead during external inspections and assessments, including CQC and PLACE reviews.
- Ensure compliance with the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness and infection prevention requirements
- Develop and maintain rapid response cleaning services to support infection outbreaks and major incidents.
- Support workforce development, succession planning and training programmes across housekeeping and domestic services.
- Build strong relationships with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues to continuously improve service quality
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Level 4 Food Hygiene and Safety qualification or equivalent.
- Significant management experience, including responsibility for staff, budgets and strategic service delivery.
- Experience managing cleaning services across multiple sites.
- Experience developing and modernising services and workforces.
- Strong understanding of NHS housekeeping and domestic service standards and regulations
- In-depth knowledge of the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness and healthcare food and drink standards.
- Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications.
Person specification
Desirable
Desirable
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Essential
Essential
- Credibility, professional manner and approach
- Positive, optimistic attitude Can do approach
- Competent working under pressure and demonstrable experience of meeting deadlines.
- Ability to motivate and influence staff.
- Develop and coach staff members and assist with the development of other managers
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This advert is for Band 6 Deputy Facilities Manager Cleanliness and Housekeeping with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Jul 2026.
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