This could be for you... We have the ideal opportunity for you to join our team working within the Domestic Department at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Our Team provides a safe and clean environment for our Patients and Visitors. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Domestic Services Manager, who is keen to learn and work with the whole team. Team working is an essential part of this role although you may occasionally work alone. A driving license is an advantage but not essential. The successful candidate will have a high standard of qualifications and learning. Main duties of the job
The role involves the responsibility for the operational management of a comprehensive facilities service: To contribute to the achievement of good corporate governance on all aspects relating to Domestic Services ensuring compliance with Trust policies and procedures. To be a contributor in the process of ensuring compliance with all Trust Statutory and Non-Statutory responsibilities relating to Facilities Services i.e. Food Hygiene Regulations, COSHH, Health & Safety. Provide leadership for next in line staff, setting their service and operational objectives and ensuring a supportive environment in order that these can be delivered. Provide sound management of budgets, seeking to maximise the benefits to be realised from the use of pay and non-pay budgets. Participate and contribute to the development of staff within the service to ensure an appropriately skilled workforce able to deliver an efficient, effective service. To undertake any other reasonable duties requested. Full role details are explained within the Job Description for this role. About us
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030). We have four primary goals: high-quality care for all, being a great place to work, partnerships for impact, and research and education excellence. And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities. Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all: we are compassionate, we are proud, we are inclusive, and we are one team. This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve. Job responsibilities
Day-to-day operational responsibility for ensuring that the range of Facilities functions in the absence of the Departmental Manager is provided efficiently and cost-effectively, at the agreed quality and according to customer requirements. Demonstrate clear leadership of the services and staff which motivates all staff to achieve high-quality services and maintain good staff morale. In conjunction with the Facilities Manager, produce and implement an appropriate training plan to ensure staff receive required job role and mandatory training and comply with hygiene and safety legislation to protect themselves, colleagues, patients, staff, and visitors. Monitor the effectiveness and quality of services provided by carrying out technical and managerial audits in designated disciplines. Submit accurate reports to the Facilities Manager in a timely manner, including audit results for the National Specification for Cleanliness in the NHS, action plans resulting from Environmental Health and other audits, patient feeding costs. Implement clinical audit through involvement in design, analysis, data collection, report preparation, dissemination of audit results. Communicate audit results orally and in writing to own and other professions, assists healthcare and other staff interpretation of audit results. Provide advice on data collection and analysis methods to other researchers and clinicians and provide training on audit methodologies. Delegated responsibility for the day-to-day management of designated budgets in line with the organisation's Standing Financial Instructions, ensuring all financial targets are met, including the achievement of cost improvement measures. Ensure that incident reporting is undertaken as appropriate and that Trust policy (e.g. Risk Management) is adhered to at all times. Financial
The post holder will have delegated responsibility for the day-to-day management and monitoring of designated facilities services budgets. Ensure all financial targets are met ensuring that the budgets are managed within the Trust Standing Financial Instructions. Ensure all purchasing is undertaken to enable the best use of resources. Human Resources
Line management responsibility for facilities staff providing leadership, setting service objectives and ensuring sufficient support is available in order to achieve these. Responsible for Personal Development Reviews ensuring staff have a personal development plan to maximise individual potential and to meet the directorate and Trust's aims and objectives. Ensure that all mandatory and legislative training is identified and undertaken by all staff within the remit of facilities services. Monitor sickness and absence figures and ensure all staff are aware of the organisation's sickness and absence policy. Investigate, manage and support staff as required in relation to sickness absence, poor performance, grievance and disciplinary issues, writing detailed reports. Recruitment process for all staff relating to provision of facilities services disciplines within area of remit. Person Specification
Demonstrate Trust Values and behaviours in full. Knows the UHL Trust values. Experience
Experience of 5 years + of leading a large team. Experience of leading a small team. Working Hours
Explains how flexible in working hours they can be. Commitment to Role
Can demonstrate a commitment to this role or previous roles. Previous roles similar to this role. Education
Willingness to undertake training, high level of education. Willingness to learn, good standard of education. 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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