Facilities Site Manager at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care is seeking a qualified Facilities Site Manager to join their team. If you have the necessary qualifications and experience, you are encouraged to apply.

About the Trust

Mersey Care, a leading provider of physical and mental health services in the North West, serves over 1.4 million people and is also commissioned to provide services in North Wales and the Midlands. The trust offers a wide range of specialist inpatient and community services, including mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury care.

As one of only three trusts in the UK providing high secure mental health facilities, Mersey Care is committed to delivering “perfect care.” The trust prioritizes safety, effectiveness, positive patient experiences, timeliness, equity, and efficiency. Mersey Care fosters a collaborative environment, supporting its staff to provide top-quality care and working with service users, families, and carers to co-design future services.

Mersey Care is also driving an organizational transformation program focused on enhancing service quality while reducing costs.

Apply today to become part of a team dedicated to excellence in care delivery.

Position: Facilities Site Manager

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 per annum

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Liverpool, UK

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Facilities Department for an  enthusiastic team member for Facilities Site Manager.

The post is suited to a motivated and experienced  worker to work at Broadoak Unit and Windsor House, Liverpool Park  L14 3PJ

Planned Shortlisting- 31-October-2024

Planned Interviews- 8-November-2024

Main Duties

  • To undertake the daily operational responsibility to ensure that all sites run  smoothly, in direct relation to all Facilities services including external areas, grounds and gardens, housekeeping, portering, and catering services, waste
  • Management, security, fire safety, H&S signage, cleanliness including external areas such as grounds and gardens and general operational maintenance across all sites.
  • To be responsible for the co-ordination, planning and provision of efficient and effective services for patients, ensuring compliance with all current statutory requirements
  • To be the first point of contact for both clinical and non-clinical services with regard to ensuring that usage of the site, including storage space is provided in an equitable and effective manner and any unwanted items are disposed of  in the appropriate manner and to monitor this on a regular basis
  • To manage relevant external contractors to ensure an effective value for money service.
  • To look for ways to improve current services and contracts in the best interest of the Trust.
  • To work with external contractors and consultants to develop, implement and review effective systems of work within the site.
  • To manage and ensure that all security systems and procedures are effective and known throughout all of the site. Work with NHS SMS to ensure the Site complies with SMS Directives and H&S legislation. Where necessary to develop/enhance security systems to ensure the safety of Service-users, carers, staff and visitors to the site. To further develop existing internal communication channels to achieve this.
  • To be responsible for all internal and external contractual arrangements; to include being the main source of communication, coordinating, monitoring to minimise disruption. This will include external suppliers and their representatives.
  • To be responsible for the management of all non-clinical complaints within Trust guidelines and to look for and implement corrective actions and / or problem solving techniques to reduce reoccurrences, as appropriate.
  • To be fully aware and trained in the latest Health and Safety requirements in connection with managing an NHS site. To use this knowledge in everyday issues that arise as appropriate and when necessary and through routine matters, utilising expertise from Fire Safety Service, health and Safety Service and / or Estates Officers.
  • To facilitate the equitable use of space and the allocation of any available accommodation, where appropriate consulting with users and where  necessary operating as an independent arbitrator.
  • To ensure all MCT directorates receive an equitable Facilities Management service within the
  • Site.
  • To liaise with all Local Division and Corporate Service Managers to deliver an equitable service.
  • To work collaboratively with the Facilities Management Team on the development of services.
  • To operate an affective system of reporting and monitoring both incidentals, emergency and planned maintenance requirements to include monitoring any other SLA’s in place.
  • To manage multi-departmental budgets, to deliver a balanced budget, and generally to ensure that all financial actions accord with the Trust’s SFI’s and guidelines.

Qualifications

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent managerial experience
  • Health & Safety Qualification IOSH Managing Safely
  • Knowledge and practical application of food safety to include the HACCP Principles

Desirable criteria

  • Professional management qualification at Masters level
  • NEBOSH Certificate

KNOWLEDGE/ EXPERIENCE (Essential criteria)

  • Proven experience of Budget management
  • Knowledge of change management processes
  • Understanding of current NHS policies and their implications for service delivery Experience within a management role
  • Experience in Facilities Management
  • Experience of working at both operational and strategic levels
  • A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
  • Experience within a management role
  • Experience in Facilities Management
  • Experience of working at both operational and strategic levels
  • A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights

VALUES (Essential criteria)

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

Benefits

  • Work life balance Having a work life balance is important.
  • We offer 27 days annual leave for full time employees, increasing to 29 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years.
  • Flexible working requests are offered to all from the day you start with us. Registering on our staff bank
  • Health and wellbeing Occupational health and wellbeing services are available for all staff.
  • They provide support for physical and mental health challenges and work with expert external providers to help with finances too.   The service runs health promotion programmes and initiatives to support colleagues to live well.
  • Career development and progression

Required Documents

  1. CV/Resume
  2. Cover Letter

Application Process

Interested and qualified candidates should kindly CLICK HERE to learn more and apply

Application Deadline

October 30, 2024