Facilities Manager
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Job overview
Leeds & York partnership Estates & Facilities team are recruiting to develop and improve our services and meet the changing needs of the organisation, to help achieve outstanding services to the trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking Estates & Facilities team within a Mental Health Environment
The role will have direct responsibility for a portfolio of sites, ensuring the effective delivery of estates and facilities management and services and developing relationships with key occupants of each site to enhance service user care.
The roles will work across a variety of estate contracts that include Private Finance Initiative (PFI), NHS Property Services and the owned and leased estate.
The effective delivery is through both outsourced services and self-delivered, as such a key part of the role is on performance management(monitoring) in line with agreed SLAs both internal and external including the PFI Project Agreement, Property Services SLA, and National Standards i.e., NHS National Cleaning Standards.
Main duties of the job
The role will focus on effective stakeholder management within a complex structure, where communication and relationship management go hand in hand with performance management as the core focus area of the role
The role is part of a team working alongside clinical services, planning, and organising day to day service delivery (both hard and soft) and minor or more complex estate and facilities change requests, whether that is new work or uplift of existing work, following clearly defined processes.
To be responsible for ensuring the standard of the built environment is at a level that is acceptable to LYPFT.
To manage resources appropriately and be responsible for the escalation of any compliance or legal and statutory information issues to the PFI / NHSPS Contracts Manager.
To be responsible for arranging and completing Health and Safety Audits and Inspections in line with current Trust procedure, escalating any outstanding actions as appropriate.
Must have a valid UK Driving License.
Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country.As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only.This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- A good working knowledge of the operational maintenance of estates, estates equipment and facilities acquired through professional knowledge acquired by formal training in an estates or facilities discipline, professional level qualification in estate or facilities discipline or equivalent relevant experience to post graduate diploma level.
Knowledge
Essential criteria- To have a good understanding of Risk Assessments, Method Statements, Safe Systems of Working, Standard Operating Procedures and Protocols
Skills
Essential criteria- Ensure that communication is delivered in a clear and concise way using language relevant to non-technical staff at service level to avoid barriers to understanding.
- Full uk drivers licence with access to a vehicle
Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.
The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work.Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.
Please note that from 1st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.
Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.
LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.
We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.
In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.
If you have not received any communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.
Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.