Job overview

They will deputise for the Head of Facilities, as such will attend and chair meetings, deliver presentations, create Board papers and represent Facilities Services as a professional support service function to the Trust.

The Deputy Head of Facilities acts as the intelligent customer for all services, providing the link between the services provided, and all stakeholders, including all clinical staff, infection control, regulators, and patients and their representative groups. The role is responsible for developing and fostering a collaborative working relationship with Service providers and provides formal and informal mentoring and guidance to supplier staff and contractors.

The role will ensure that the Trusts Facilities services adapt to the changing demands of the Trust, that patient care and safety are placed at the forefront of strategic and operational decision making. The role provides the operational delivery and management of these services and contracts and is pivotal in tracking performance ensuring it is supportive of quality driven clinical service delivery through maximising efficient operational delivery. 

Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS at Risk staff throughout Devon who is able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

The Site Services Directorate provides and manages the built environment and essential services that support all clinical and non‑clinical staff to work safely and effectively.

The Deputy Head of Facilities is responsible for delivering and overseeing the following Facilities Services:

·       Derriford Waste Management Solutions (DWMS Incinerator)

·       Derriford Centre for Health and Wellbeing (DCHW)

·       Waste management

·       Waste portering

·       Specimen transport services

·       Courier services

·       Post room services

·       Patient notes transport services

·       Grounds maintenance

·       Security

·       Fleet management

·       Car parking

·       Customer Support Centre

·       Facilities Compliance

The post‑holder is responsible for 136 WTE directly employed NHS staff and contractors working across the Trust estate delivering Facilities Services and related projects.

The post‑holder holds responsibility for significant budgets, including:

•  £5.8M per year in external income
• £2.8M net revenue budget

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care.

The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.

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