Job summary
- Main area
- Facilities
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: This is a shift pattern of Monday to Friday 7am til 3pm one week and 2pm til 10pm on the second week
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 210-2024-1026
- Employer
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Countess of Chester Hospital
- Town
- Chester
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Facilities Manager
Band 4
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.
Job overview
Working Full Time : 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Facilities Management Team for a Band 4 Assistant Facilities Manager.
Applicants must have good organisational skills, the ability to motivate staff and have a proven ability to create effective working relationships and build teams. You must also be educated to GCSE level or equivalent, have numerical awareness and the ability to write reports. Previous experience working within operational facilities is essential.
Applicants will provide support and assistance to the Heads of Service in the running of all services within the Facilities Directorate.
These posts therefore offer challenging opportunities to further develop management/ supervisory skills in an interesting and fast paced environment.
Main duties of the job
- To provide support and assistance to the all Heads of Service within Facilities in the running of all services within the Facilities Department.
- To manage facilities staff in line with Trust Policies and procedures.
- To provide leadership and support to the facilities staff, establishing and developing working relationships and regular communications between ward and departmental managers within the Trust.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the main duties of the role.
Working for our organisation
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 4 GCSEs including English and Maths
- NVQ 3 / City & Guilds Cleaning & Support Services Skills or equivalent level of experience
- Computer literate with all MS applications
- Previous Supervisory experience
Desirable criteria
- HCIMA/Degree level or FM management experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Confidence in communicating with staff at all levels both written and verbally
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to identify own limitations and know when to seek advice and help
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Knowledge of NHS systems
- Good knowledge of healthcare environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Linda Beaumont
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Domestic Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01244 365454
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