Are you an experienced facilities professional with a passion for delivering high-quality patient environments and leading teams to excellence?
BCHC are seeking an ambitious and motivated Housekeeping Manager to join our Estates & Facilities Team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead housekeeping and soft facilities services that directly support patient care, wellbeing and recovery across our healthcare environments.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for:
- Leading and managing Housekeeping Supervisors, Team Leaders and Facilities staff.
- Ensuring compliance with national standards, CQC requirements and infection prevention standards.
- Managing staff recruitment, induction, training, attendance, performance and development.
- Overseeing food safety, allergen management, nutrition and hydration services.
- Monitoring budgets, expenditure, stock control and value-for-money initiatives.
- Managing service quality, responding to complaints and implementing service improvements.
About us
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Job responsibilities
At Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, our vision is to deliver Best Care, Healthy Communities. We are proud of our inclusive culture and are committed to supporting staff development, wellbeing and career progression.
As Housekeeping Manager, you will provide operational management and professional leadership for housekeeping and facilities teams, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred services. You will work closely with clinical colleagues, nursing teams and operational managers to ensure high standards of cleanliness, food safety, infection prevention and control, nutrition and hydration are maintained.
Person Specification
- Management qualification e.g. British Institute of Facilities Management Level 4, NVQ Level 4, ILM Level 4 or equivalent
- Level 3 Food Hygiene
- Institute of Occupational Safety and Health qualification
Experience
- Significant experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team within a Healthcare environment
- Significant experience in Facilities in a healthcare setting
Skills and knowledge
- Competent in working with a range of IT packages e.g. MAPS, Microsoft: Excel etc.
- Knowledge of ESR and Business Intelligence
- Competent in managing a budget for services
Personal Qualities
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to motivate and lead the team
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills
Other job requirements
- To be flexible to the needs of the service
- To be prepared to work alongside staff if and when needed to support delivery of the service
- Must be able to travel across the Trust to meet needs of the service
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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