Assistant Facilities Manager - Cleaning

Job summary

The post holder has overall responsibilities for delivering the highest standard of cleaning services to patients, staff and visitors.

The job requires management leadership skills in relation to budgetary and staffing responsibilities.

The post holder will put in place processes for ensuring that the Trust maintains agreed cleaning standards through the development of a skilled team of supervisors and cleaning staff to maintain these standards and improve the patient's experience.

The post holder will play a key role in developing the move to a zonal based model for cleaning and other facilities services.

The post is site dependent and based at the QMC Hospital Campus but may involve travel between both sites in ensuring commonality of standards.

Main duties of the job

The main duties include but are not limited to the following:

Supports the on-going strategic cleaning plan and routinely contributes to the development and delivery of the operational cleaning plan.

Supports the development of cleaning standards to meet the requirements of the National Cleaning Standards (as revised).

To develop, motivate and lead a professional team of cleaning/catering team leaders and cleaning staff who deliver a customer focused service promoting the principal of best value.

To support the negotiation of service level agreements by consultation and with agreement with service users, to ensure the highest standards of service are provided within the budgetary constraints, having taken into account the particular needs of each area of clinical activity.

Fosters an effective working relationship with all service (ward /department) managers & service users to continually ensure that the provision of services is responsive to their needs by meeting with users to alleviate any complaint they have regarding service or staffing levels.

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