Facilities Officer

Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.

KMMH will shortly be taking on NEW sites in Kent

As a Facilities Officer you will line manage for House Keeping staff who work varying shifts across various sites in Kent. Supporting the management of soft FM contracts, a working Knowledge of Health & Safety, Fire Regulations & Trust Policies, including HR, Waste Regulations, NHS Cleaning Standards 2025, Infection Control and Sustainability.

You will act as a point of contact and maintain excellent working relationships with all stakeholders, service managers, matrons, general managers, external contractors and colleagues.

The role will support our patients utilising our services within our properties and you will provide service improvements and help us live our values every day.

Days and Shifts to be agreed.

• Visit all sites within the remit once a month to check on all staff’s health and well-being, maintain good communication skills via telephone, emails and face to face.
• Manage your team including MAPS. 1-2-1’s, annual appraisals, annual leave, sickness and disciplinary procedures.
• Completing annual risk assessment reviews inside the directed time frames internal and external Workplace Check lists and report back any new findings, ensuring compliance is being met at all times.
• Attend monthly meetings with the Facilities teams and the Wider Senior Management team, meeting, and assisting with any queries or concerns raised.
• Remain in the annual financial budgets allocated per site and raise concerns identified.
• Maintain and update MICAD for all of the directorate compliance reporting.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway.

Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple:
We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Vanessa Rank

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Facilities Manager
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