Interim Head of Facilities Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS Capital Estates & Facilities Directorate as part of South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
37.5 hours per week - Flexible across 7 days working between 9am - 9pm as required.
Band 8b - £36.19/hr (Weekdays), £45.24/hr (Saturdays) & £54.29/hr (Sundays & Bank Holidays)
Interim role until end of 2024 with possibility to extend.
Possibility to turn permanent for the right person depending on performance and departmental factors.
Are you committed to delivering exceptional facilities operations to our patients, services users and staff members? Are you read to play a crucial role in ensuring that the Facilities services are running efficiently and effectively and directly contributes to the overall patient experience?
If so, then South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust wants to hear from you!
Overview:
South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and dynamic Interim Head of Facilities. This role demands a seasoned leader with a solid background in line management, particularly in Estates & Facilities or a similar environment. The successful candidate will possess a visible and engaging leadership style, ensuring the smooth operation and enhancement of our front-line services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership & Management: Provide hands-on support to a Band 5 line manager, ensuring the effective management of front-facing teams. This includes offering guidance on employee relations, change consultation, and implementation, as well as providing clear line management advice to junior staff.
- Consultation & Implementation: Finalise job descriptions and consultation documents for the reorganisation of the portering service. Lead the consultation process and oversee the successful implementation of the final proposals.
- Operational Excellence: Maintain day-to-day operations to the highest standards, ensuring service continuity and excellence. Support the development of business cases to facilitate necessary service changes.
- Reporting: Complete all internal and external reporting, providing regular updates on progress, issues, opportunities, and learning to the Estates and Facilities Senior Management Team (SMT).
Skills & Qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience in a line management role within Estates & Facilities or a similar setting, with a proven track record of leading front-line services.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to prepare and present consultation, policy, and procedural documentation effectively.
- Proficient in navigating employee relations, providing sound advice, and showing visible support for staff. Experience in change consultation and implementation is essential.
- Assertive and proactive in addressing day-to-day issues and challenges, with the ability to escalate matters appropriately and maintain operational boundaries.
- Ability to work collegiately in a fast-paced, responsive environment, with a deep understanding of Estates & Facilities and its wider relational context.
- Exposure to environments involving infection prevention control would be an advantage.
- Ability to provide empathic yet clear responses, navigating ambiguity with patience and resilience.
- Committed to maintaining morale and promoting staff engagement, understanding the critical impact of engaged front-facing staff on patient care.
This role may require you to show evidence of vocational level 3 qualification or at least 2 years relevant experience.
In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -
- Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
- First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
- Dedicated consultants
- Flexible working options
- Free DBS and free training
- Build holiday allowance.
- Support when you need it - 24/7 365 days.
- Stakeholder pension scheme
Who are NHS Professionals?
NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.
Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don't have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.
Disclaimer
Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.