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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

About
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Contact
- Address
- Trust Headquarters
- Warneford Hospital
- Warneford Lane
- Headington
- Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX3 7JX
- Contact Number
- 01865 901000
Facilities Manager
Closed for applications on: 3-Feb-2025 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 3-Feb-2025 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Littlemore Hospital
- Address
- Sandford Lane
- Town
- Oxford
- Postcode
- OX4 4XN
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum | pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Facilities
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Please note that this is an internal only role and therefore only current employees of Oxford Health are eligible to apply
We are recruiting for an Estates Manager to oversee management, performance and delivery of Soft Facilities services across the Trust.
This is a full time role based at our HQ in Littlemore where you'll be providing operational support and leading on PEAT inspections, waste management, and deep cleans on wards, whilst ensuring compliance with government legislation, waste laws, and CQC standards.
You'll be key in developing and managing policies, procedures, and contract service levels, contributing to the Trust's strategic objectives. You'll also be responsible for performance reporting and effective management of directly employed and contracted Soft FM staff across multiple sites.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a big impact on how we deliver our FM services within a supportive and motivated team. We promote a learning culture here and will support you in your career and personal development through a range of excellent learning & development programmes by our dedicated 'Ofsted Good' providers.
If you have experience managing soft FM services in large matrixed organisations and want to make a different to the NHS we would love to hear from you!
This role requires operational support working across all Oxfordshire and community sites as well as being able to travel to all Trust locations. Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.
Interviews for this role will be held on Thursday 6 February 2025
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- Responsible for managing the Administration Team, Porters, Post Porter, Drivers, Domestics, Hairdresser, Health Centre Co-ordinators To ensure the continuous delivery of comprehensive services, including recruitment, appraisals, disciplinary and grievance issues, training and development, sickness absence monitoring.
- Manage staff accommodation in compliance with the Housing Act and Trust procedures. To be responsible for addressing improper use of accommodation services, complaints and landlord requests relating to any evictions, which may result in having to communicate in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.
- Accountable for the delivery of all contracts. To ensure that the contractor meets requirements in respect of health and safety policies and risk assessments and that any breaches are rectified and notified in accordance with Trust procedure. To be responsible for ensuring all legal and legislative requirements are met regarding the contract to ensure the Trust is not placed at risk of litigation.
- Record and ensure complaints are rectified in a timely manner. Recognise trends and make recommendations for improvement.
- Chair contract performance meetings, leading, involvement, co-ordination, and participation in internal and external meetings
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role
- All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
- We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First Degree in Management or equivalent experience
- Self motivated , proactive and innovative
- Senior leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 Food and Hygiene Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Skills in Managing projects ensuring they meet financial targets
- Able to deal with complex and sensitive situations
- Experience in Soft FM Services
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between sites and to regional meetings
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona Parsons
- Job title
- Senior Facilities Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557495258
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
No longer accepting applications
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