Facilities Supervisor

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.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Essential: - Basic numeracy and literacy.; - Ability to complete paperwork relevant to duties.

Desirable: - NVQ Assessors Award in Supervisory or similar

Essential: - To have worked in a service/customer environment.; - Ability to follow instruction and provide information, training, process and procedures to other Facilities staff

Desirable: - Previous working experience within an NHS environment within Domestic / Catering Services/Housekeeping.; - To have an understanding of H&S, COSHH and Risk Assessments; - Food Hygiene Level 3