Facilities Assistant Site Manager | Mersey Care Nhs Foundation Trust

Facilities employ a variety of support staff to help maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment. The role of FASM is to provide first line management within their remit to all Facilities Management Assistants (FMA’s).
Within our estate we operate a variety of different services and environments, including;
Inpatient mental health facilities
Staff and service user residential accommodation Rehabilitation areas
Respite areas
General office buildings
The role of the FMTL is an integral part of our service delivery, ensuring all cleaning, catering and transportation tasks are achieved and maintained in line with trust values, policy and procedure as well as national guidance and statutory compliance.
The post holder is expected to support the management goals of the department, developing a working relationship with their Line Manager that is mutually beneficial for the individuals concerned as well as the department.
To manage a team of staff, prioritising and allocating work as appropriate including monitoring.
To Monitor and manage performance and attendance in accordance with Trust Policies. This will include issues with Human Resources and sickness issues. Completing and authorising of Health Roster, and associated systems
To assist the Facilities Site Manager in the day to day smooth running of the Soft FM service, including portering, cleaning, catering and linen duties. To achieve safe service delivery in waste management, fire safety and all aspects of Health and Safety and security of the site. To ensure that all cleaning schedules are kept up to date and readily accessible. To be responsible for cleaning audits and ensure they meet NHS Cleaning Standards.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
a. To ensure that all staff attend training and are kept up to date with mandatory and local job specific training. To be responsible for the induction of new staff and support online training. To be responsible for maintaining own professional development.
b. To ensure all equipment is kept in a secure, operable and clean condition at all times, reporting hazards, defects or adverse incidents in line with operational procedures.
c. To comply with all relevant Trust policies, i.e., Health and Safety, Equal Opportunity, Equality and Diversity and Incident Reporting.
d. Take personal responsibility for the completion of all duties in a safe and efficient manner and to maintain regular contact with line manager.
e. To work unsupervised and to use their own initiative in line with service
requirements.
f. To develop a flexible working approach that enhances the ability of the department to meet its aims. To be responsible for effective communication to all site occupiers and to minimise disruption to services.
This advert closes on Sunday 25 Feb 2024