EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
* We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
* We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
* We Care
* We Empower
Our strategic objectives
* We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
* We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
* We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
* We will help our communities to thrive.
Job overview
The role will be supervising staff in four mental health units in Crystal Centre, Chelmsford. Responsible for the day to day co-supervision of the FM services and will be the customers point of contact for any FM related issues.
Arrange rosters to ensure that there is sufficient cover available and resources are used efficiently.
Ensure goods delivered to site are received, checked and distributed appropriately.
Provide FM Support and advice as required.
Deal efficiently with any complaints/issues, report remedial action to the Facilities Officer.
As part of the FM team you are expected to have a flexible approach, excellent interpersonal and customer skills, ability to use a degree of initiative to prioritize and organize the duties.
Main duties of the job
Your day-to-day activities will include:
* Organising staff rosters, ensuring staff are used efficiently and communicating shifts to the staff in a timely fashion.
* Authorising annual leave requests.
* Signing agency staff timesheets prior to forwarding to the Facilities Officer in order that payment for shifts worked can be authorised.
* Ensuring that any staff who are new to the area are taken through the induction programme.
* Carrying out training with staff on use of equipment and safe methods of working.
* Ensuring that mandatory training, supervisions & appraisals are carried out as per Trust policy/procedure and that all necessary documentation is completed.
* Carrying out meetings with staff returning from sick leave and completing the relevant paperwork.
* Ensuring staff are released for training as and when required. You may also be required to assist staff complete their mandatory training via the Trusts electronic system.
* Reviewing work schedules for the service in conjunction with the Facilities Officer.
* Supporting the Facilities Officer in the on-going development needs of staff including the identification of training needs, re-training needs, development of training plans and delivering practical training.
* Monitoring the performance of staff.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
Person specification
Skills
Experience
* Management of staff
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Important Professional References
Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.
If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing epunft.cv19hr@nhs.net.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.
Come and work at EPUT and make a difference in people’s lives.
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