Day to day operational responsibility for ensuring that the range of Facilities functions inthe 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 disciplinesSubmit 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 linewith the organisations Standing Financial Instructions, ensuring all financial targets aremet, 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. FinancialThe 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 ResourcesLine 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 Trusts 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 organisations sickness and absence policy.Investigate, manage and support staff as required in relation to sicknessabsence, poor performance, grievance and disciplinary issues, writing detailed reports.Recruitment process for all staff relating to provision of facilities servicesdisciplines within area of remit