Job summary
An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Community Premises Team within the Estates and Facilities Directorate at Manchester University Foundation Trust (MFT). The role provides for hybrid working with 1-2 days office based at Trafford General Hospital, home working, and regular site visits across Manchester and Trafford NHS properties. As such, a full driving license is required for the role, with vehicle access arranged if necessary/preferred.
The post-holder will be integral in ensuring the required standards of the Estates and Facilities services are met and that MFT healthcare is delivered in the best possible environment.
The role includes providing support to the Trust Estates and Facilities Team through delivering effective monitoring of contractual specifications alongside National standards. Administration and organisational skills will be required to monitor, document, and accurately report on performance levels of each of the following areas: Maintenance, Domestic Services, Accessibility, Security, Waste management,and Catering.
Main duties of the job
To assist in the development and enhancement of services provided throughout the Community Estate across Manchester.
To regularly monitor and report on estates and facilities elements within the MFT community estate in accordance with contractual agreements and national standards. This will include undertaking environmental audits at sites throughout the Manchester area and cleanliness audits completed to the National Standards of Cleanliness 2021 guidelines. As a result, the successful applicant will require an understanding of monitoring and auditing techniques and Facilities Services provision within a healthcare environment. As well as the ability to produce coherent reports regarding such services regularly.
Liaise with clinical teams, Estates and Facilities colleagues, landlords and third-partyservice providers to ensure standards are met. Assist in the identification, reporting and management of estates and facilities issues for rectification. Contribute to meetings and provide administrative support. Develop and maintain a list of key contacts to support the team and develop professional relationships with colleagues across multiple organisations.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 3 GCSE's or equivalent
- NVQ Level 4 or Diploma in a relevant field or equivalent level of experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of work procedures and practices related to facilities services.
- To have an understanding of the relevant project agreement or contract schedules and service and performance parameters for catering, cleaning, and waste facilities services.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplined Estates & Facilities management team.
Training and Experience
Essential
- Experience of Microsoft Word/Excel/Outlook/Internet and manipulating and interrogating data
- Experience within Healthcare organisations
- Excellent organisational/communication skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness for the NHS
- Knowledge of the National Standards for Healthcare Food and Drink
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to use own initiative and prioritise own workload
- Communication, diplomacy, and influencing skills to ensure effective service delivery is maintained
- Ability to participate and chair in meetings
- Full Clean driving licence
- Able to recognise the need to escalate issues outside the remit of the role in a timely manner
Desirable
- Ability to review invoices and other contractor reporting processes details against contract delivery methodologies to ensure accuracy
Attributes
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable to monitoring schedules and hours of work
- Good Team Worker
- Polite and friendly approach
- Able to cope under pressure
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 3 GCSE's or equivalent
- NVQ Level 4 or Diploma in a relevant field or equivalent level of experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of work procedures and practices related to facilities services.
- To have an understanding of the relevant project agreement or contract schedules and service and performance parameters for catering, cleaning, and waste facilities services.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplined Estates & Facilities management team.
Training and Experience
Essential
- Experience of Microsoft Word/Excel/Outlook/Internet and manipulating and interrogating data
- Experience within Healthcare organisations
- Excellent organisational/communication skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness for the NHS
- Knowledge of the National Standards for Healthcare Food and Drink
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to use own initiative and prioritise own workload
- Communication, diplomacy, and influencing skills to ensure effective service delivery is maintained
- Ability to participate and chair in meetings
- Full Clean driving licence
- Able to recognise the need to escalate issues outside the remit of the role in a timely manner
Desirable
- Ability to review invoices and other contractor reporting processes details against contract delivery methodologies to ensure accuracy
Attributes
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable to monitoring schedules and hours of work
- Good Team Worker
- Polite and friendly approach
- Able to cope under pressure
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.
