Job summary
The Senior Facilities Manager is a pivotal member of the Facilities senior leadership team, providing senior leadership, direction and responsibility for strategic development to the directly provided and contracted Facilities Services within the Trust, ensuring that quality and financial objectives are met.
The post is accountable to the Head of Facilities in the full range of managerial duties relating to the management and operational delivery of a Soft FM Facilities service within areas of responsibility. The Senior Facilities Manager provides professional advice and support on Facilities services to the Trust Executive, other Senior Managers, Clinical colleagues and external stakeholders. The role includes the interpretation and application of policies, legislative changes, guidance and best practice; the delivery of key performance targets, service developments and strategy and proactive resource management within available resources to specified targets and standards in line with the Department's strategy and national targets.
Main duties of the job
Provide strategic and operational leadership for the facilities functional delivery areas.
Be accountable for the operational management of the Facilities services within area of responsibility, to include the fullest range of Facilities soft service delivery to include the services, provided to the Trust by directly employed and external contractors.
Manage the reporting requirements for the functional delivery areas to all internal and external organisations and parties, ensuring a consistency and accuracy of approach and content and planned and timely delivery.
Ensure risks across area of responsibility are actively managed and resolved or mitigated and that mitigations are in place.
Ensure the scope of services meet the changing requirements of customers and stakeholders and implement systems to undertake constant service improvement.
Manage a complex and multi stream facilities budget of c£3.5M, whilst ensuring decisions surrounding the establishment of services are kept within agreed budgets through adherence to the Trust's establishment control system, financial parameters and active budget management.
Responsible for leading, motivating and developing Facilities staff (approximately 110wte including supervisory staff) to maintain a high level of staff morale and promote achievement of high standards and openness.
About us
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person Specification
Holds a Waste Manager qualification
Essential
- Professional qualification
Desirable
- Educated to masters-level or equivalent experience of Facilities Management
- Can evidence recent and on-going personal/professional development.
- Holds a Waste Manager qualification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to masters-level or equivalent experience of Facilities Management
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Can evidence recent and on-going personal/professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of managing substantive Soft FM Facilities services
Person Specification
Holds a Waste Manager qualification
Essential
- Professional qualification
Desirable
- Educated to masters-level or equivalent experience of Facilities Management
- Can evidence recent and on-going personal/professional development.
- Holds a Waste Manager qualification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to masters-level or equivalent experience of Facilities Management
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Can evidence recent and on-going personal/professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of managing substantive Soft FM Facilities services
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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