Assistant Manager

Barnsley Facilities Services (BFS) has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated team player to support the management of our Domestic Services team.

We are looking for individuals who are flexible, eager to learn, and keen to develop within a fast-moving and challenging area of our business.

What matters most to us is providing every patient with an excellent experience through delivering a caring, high-quality service that achieves the right outcomes every day. We are therefore seeking highly motivated individuals who demonstrate the values and personal qualities that support the Barnsley Hospital way of working.

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health& care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advertto check your eligibility, please note that Level A roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

The role of the Assistant Manager is to:

Support the Head of Domestic Services in managing operational service delivery across Barnsley Hospital.

Ensure the efficient delivery of Cleaning and Housekeeping services in line with requirements.

Recruit, train, control, monitor and co-ordinate staff across operational activities to include domestic and housekeeping activities to maximise efficiency and performance in these areas.

In conjunction with the Supervisors and Team Leaders, ensure plans and schedules operate to resource the service delivery requirements, including contingencies, so that conditions are always met.

To work with the Trust and managers and supervisors in monitoring and recording of service activities and levels of performance to demonstrate compliance and improve efficiencies.

Operating as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, BFS hasover 40 years heritage in providing high quality estates, facilities, procurement services and Outpatient pharmaceutical services to the healthcare sector. With a turnover of over £50m per annum, wetake pride in our people, the quality of our work and in making financial contributions back into the NHS, supporting our patients and staff to deliver front line patient services.

BFSare passionate about providing essential facilities and healthcare support services. Our highly skilled and experienced leading professionals take pridein what they do, delivering world-class services and best-in-class NHSstandards.

Webelieve in our people, and our ethos is to put our customers and team at theheart of everything we do.

Ourvision is to provide quality essential services, growing for the ultimate benefit of public healthcare and beyond.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley Facilities Services (BFS) are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion orbelief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Please note we reserve the right to close positions early

Job Description for Assistant Manager

Please refer to the attached

Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Please refer to thevalues-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

• Working knowledge of NHS cleaning standards
• Ability to effectively lead a large team
• Experience in facilities services
• Previous supervisory experience
• Experience in managing teams

• Knowledge of Health and Safety
• Awareness of confidentiality
• Understanding and experience in large corporate environments.

• Please describe in around 100 words:
  What Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
• Please describe in around 100 words:
  What motivates you to do a good job.

• NVQ 3 or equivalent experience
• Recognised Health and Safety Qualifications

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.