Assistant Facilities Manager

Contract - Permanent

Hours - 37.5 hours per week working 5/7 days

Base - York Hospital

Are you looking for a post based within our YTHFM? Do you possess strong leadership skills, are a keen team player, kind, friendly and motivated?

YTHFM are looking for an Assistant Facilities Manager to join our Facilities Department at York Hospital.

This is a Monday to Friday daytime role with a start to be agreed but may very occasionally require weekend working .

The Assistant Facilities Managers will support the efficient operations of our Facilities Department by overseeing day to day activities. It is essential that the successful candidates possess proven knowledge and experience of working within at least one of the soft services, Portering, Waste Management and Linen services.

• Overseeing the day to day Portering, Waste Management and Linen Operations to ensure a high standard of service delivery.
• Line Managing on site teams providing training and ensuring staff adhere to organisational policies and health and safety standards.
• Responsible for ensuring standards set by the Facilities Manager are maintained.
• Conducting regular audits and inspections of soft services functions to maintain high standards and ensure key performance indicators are achieved.

Monitoring budgets related to soft services, ensuring Rota's are cost effective without compromising service quality

Maintaining compliance records ensuring accurate recording and updating relevant documents to provide assurance to the senior Management.

Responsible for all initial level HR related issues for direct reporting staff.

Monitoring and maintaining stock levels of consumables, uniforms and equipment adhering to budgetary constraints.

Monitoring trends by ensuring accurate recording of sickness absences and Annual leave.

Ensure all staff receive an annual appraisal and attend all relevant training pertinent to their role.

To find out more about working for our Trust, please visit:

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including: 

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants 
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.

A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave 

Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme 

NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme 

An extensive range of learning and development opportunities 

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers 

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages. 

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hugh Stelmach Job title: York Facilities Manager Email address: h.stelmach@nhs.net Telephone number: 01904 721865