Facilities Manager - Domestic Services

Job overview

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Are you an experienced Facilities professional with a passion for delivering high-quality services and leading teams to achieve excellence?

We are seeking a motivated and forward-thinking Facilities Manager (Domestic Services) to lead the delivery of Domestic Services across the Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in maintaining a clean, safe and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and staff, supporting both patient experience and infection prevention objectives.

As part of the Facilities Management Team, you will provide operational leadership for Domestic Services, ensuring compliance with the National Standards of Cleanliness 2025, driving continuous improvement and supporting the Trust's commitment to delivering Safe, Kind and Effective care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the operational management of Domestic Services, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, responsive and customer-focused service across the Trust.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing Domestic Services teams to ensure compliance with National Standards of Cleanliness and Trust policies.
• Leading audit programmes, PLACE assessments and service improvement initiatives.
• Working closely with Infection Prevention and Control teams to maintain safe patient environments.
• Managing staffing, recruitment, attendance, appraisals, training and workforce development.
• Monitoring budgets, resources and expenditure to support efficient service delivery.
• Investigating complaints and ensuring timely resolution of operational issues.
• Developing and maintaining standard operating procedures, risk assessments and quality assurance processes.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced Facilities Manager to make a significant contribution to patient safety, service quality and the overall healthcare environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.