Facilities Supervisor

Job overview

At present, University Hospitals of North Midlands is unable to offer visa sponsorship for Band 2 to Band 4 roles, as these positions do not meet the minimum salary and skill thresholds required under UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations.

These posts will predominantly be covering the retained catering service.

The Estates, Facilities & PFI Division of the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust are looking to appoint dynamic, enthusiastic, Facilities Supervisors, to support the Soft FM Domestic services. The Candidates will predominantly be based at our Royal Stoke Hospital Site. However on occasions there maybe an element of across Site working also at our the County Hospital Site in Stafford, in the event of this, free shuttle bus transport is provided from each Site.

The individual will be adaptable, self-motivated, able to prioritise their own workload and use their own initiative to achieve set objectives and all duties and tasks required by the Trust, to support the delivery of the domestic and Ward Assistant Services . Along with supporting the continuation of unity between Stoke and County Site practices through the meeting of key performance targets relating to the National Cleaning Standards guidelines around Infection Prevention, maintenance standards, PLACE and the reduction of hospital acquired infections. and the Food Hygiene Standards.

Main duties of the job

As part of the FM Services Team, the FM Services Supervisor will be responsible for managing the daily delivery of an efficient and effective customer focussed quality service, appropriately and on time. The scope of the service being, but not limited to Cleaning, Catering and Residencies. Liaise with, and maintain business relationships with representatives of management within the Trust and other agencies as requested.

With a team of over 150 staff members, comprising of Supervisors and Facilities Service Support Assistants, candidates will require well practiced leadership skills of a high standard along with confidence to challenge practice in order to continue to the department’s success.

This role is both challenging and rewarding and will require an individual who is organized, consistent, has good leadership skills and a knowledge of cleaning processes, COSHH, Food Standards and Health & Safety.

As an organisation, we recognise the important of work life balance, achieved through flexibility. Therefore we encourage an adaptive approach to start and finish times, to meet the right candidate’s needs. In turn the successful candidate will need to be flexible in their working approach, as there will be a requirement to work varied shifts including some weekends.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please visit the Trust's website and see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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.