Job summary
- Main area
- Estate and Facilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time)
- Job ref
- 358-6927050-E&F-BC
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leicester Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Leicester
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Domestic Manager
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
Looking for a new Challenge?
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 occasional 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 ensure 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Day to day operational responsibility for ensuring that the range of Facilities functions in
the absence of 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 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.
Implements clinical audit through involvement in design, analysis, data collection, report preparation, dissemination of audit results.
Communicates audit results orally and in writing to own and other professions, assists healthcare and other staff interpretation of audit results.
Provides advice on data collection and analysis methods to other researchers and clinicians and Provides 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 ensures 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
trust values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate Trust Values and behaviours in full
Desirable criteria
- knows the uhl trust values
experience
Essential criteria
- experience of 5 years + of leading a large team
Desirable criteria
- experience of leading a small team
working hours
Essential criteria
- explains how flexible in working hours they can be
Desirable criteria
- can work different shifts
committment to role
Essential criteria
- can demonstrate a committemnt to this role or previous roles
Desirable criteria
- previous roles simialr to this role
education
Essential criteria
- willingness to undertake training, high level of education
Desirable criteria
- willingness to learn, good standard of education
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Postles
- Job title
- Domestic Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07818458258
- Additional information
Janet McKillop
07766205323
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