Band 5 Housekeeping Manager

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

At Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, our vision is to deliver Best Care, Healthy Communities. We are proud of our inclusive culture and are committed to supporting staff development, wellbeing and career progression.

As Housekeeping Manager, you will provide operational management and professional leadership for housekeeping and facilities teams, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred services. You will work closely with clinical colleagues, nursing teams and operational managers to ensure high standards of cleanliness, food safety, infection prevention and control, nutrition and hydration are maintained.

Person specification

Essential qualifications

Essential criteria

• Management qualification e.g. British Institute of Facilities Management Level 4, NVQ Level 4, ILM Level 4 or equivalent
• Level 3 Food Hygiene

Desirable criteria

• Institute of Occupational Safety and Health qualification
• Waste Qualification
• Infection Prevention qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team within a Healthcare environment
• Significant experience in Facilities in a healthcare setting

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Competent in working with a range of IT packages e.g. MAPS, Microsoft: Excel etc.
• Knowledge of ESR and Business Intelligence
• Competent in managing a budget for services

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to motivate and lead the team
• Ability to demonstrate leadership skills

Other job requirements

Essential criteria

• To be flexible to the needs of the service
• To be prepared to work alongside staff if and when needed to support delivery of the service
• Must be able to travel across the Trust to meet needs of the service

UK Home Office Visa Sponsorship requirements

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

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