Facilities Manager
Newcastle | Facilities | Permanent | Full time
37.5 hours per week
Up to £50,000 per annum depending on experience
At Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members, and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it’s driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want – we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.
As our Facilities Manager, you’ll manage the delivery of facilities services for the hospital to achieve high standards of operational performance, cleanliness, and infection prevention.
You will have proven experience in a similar role with people management responsibilities, as you will be a confident and supportive leader, able to motivate and inspire a team. In addition to this, you will have excellent communication and IT skills, as you utilise your interpersonal skills to build positive working relationships. The ideal candidate will be familiar with budget management and have a NEBOSH or relevant Health & Safety qualification.
Key responsibilities include:
* Managing the delivery of facilities services to achieve high operational, cleanliness, and infection prevention standards.
* Leading and line-managing portering and housekeeping teams, while overseeing third-party providers for Hard FM and Catering services under group-managed contracts.
* Project managing minor refurbishment works and supporting centrally led projects.
* Overseeing local IT operations, escalating and resolving issues in collaboration with IT teams.
* Managing compliance with Health & Safety, Fire, Risk Assessments, COSHH, Water Safety, Cleanliness, Waste Management, and Car Park Management.
* Working closely with Heads of Departments, implementing group policies to ensure smooth hospital operations.
* Developing and maintaining key internal and external relationships, including the Regional Property Manager, national H&S and procurement leads, national FM contractors, local suppliers, and Fire services.
* Reporting to the Director of Operations, providing internal support to hospital departments while managing contracts to maintain a high-functioning hospital environment.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy, and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness well-being rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts, and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
Applications will be considered as they are received, and interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close adverts early, for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications. Therefore, please apply early to ensure you are considered for the post.
It starts with you.
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