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Job summary

Main area
Facilities
Grade
Executives / VSM: Leadership-Gp7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
190-3057-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£100,000 - £120,000 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/11/2026 23:59
Interview date
03/12/2026

Employer heading

NHS

Facilities Director

Executives / VSM: Leadership-Gp7

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

The Facilities Director will provide strong and inspirational leadership to ensure provision of excellent facilities/support services in order to promote high quality patient/client care in a complex combined acute and community setting in one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the country.

 

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide effective leadership of non-clinical functional managers across a range of professions to empower individuals within the Directorate to take appropriate decisions which meet the needs of patients, visitors and staff.  This will require effective partnership approaches with other providers, agencies and NHS organisations.   

 The postholder will use their specialised knowledge across the full range of facilities services to provide expert advice on the interpretation and delivery of national initiatives and local standards on a professional basis relating to, for example, cleaning, security, food safety, waste management etc. In particular this will require knowledge of Laundry and Patient Food Production to advise in respect of the Trusts in house Laundry and Food Production Unit.

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Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To provide professional leadership and support to deliver high quality facilities management services across the Trust
  • To be a visible and relatable leader for Facilities Services.
  • To provide effective leadership of Facilities functional managers to empower individuals to take decisions which meet the needs of patients, staff and visitors.
  • To take responsibility for delivering continuous improvement within Facilities Services to support improving standards of patient care.
  • Ensure that the Directorate embraces the aims of PROUD Futures and delivers against specific workstreams such as harmonization of Portering services.
  • To provide expert advice on a number of specialized areas in respect of complex matters relating to managing the Trust’s Facilities Management function.

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Please note the interview process for this post will be held in two stages. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to take part in stakeholder panels on Thursday 3 December with the interview panel being held in the morning of Friday 4 December 2026.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • Maters
  • Facilities Management Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience of managing hospital support service/ Facilities Management of which a substantial proportion should be at a Senior Management strategic level in a complex environment
  • Proven leadership skills and track record of directing a broad range of activities
  • Provision of expert advice for board and sub-board colleagues.
  • Experience of managing complex employee relations issues.
  • Experience of implementing change management through consultation and negotiation with staff organisations and senior managers outside of the Facilities discipline, clinicians and other stakeholders.
  • Management of substantial capital and revenue budgets across a range of services.
  • Identifying and delivering cost improvement programmes
  • Experience of letting and managing commercial contracts
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of having responsibility for management of hospital laundries and/or food production units

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to produce, present and analyse complex reports
  • Excellent leadership skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to influence both internally and externally at the highest level.
  • Proven ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels in Facilities Management.
  • Ability to prioritise work to meet changing deadlines.
  • Ability to demonstrate behaviour in line with the Trust PROUD values and the NHS England Code of Conduct for NHS Managers.
  • Understanding of risk management and its application within a Facilities setting.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of successful project management.
  • Experience at a Senior level within a large organisation outside of Facilities Management
  • Skilled in Quality Improvement techniques

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment
  • Personal and professional demeanour and credibility that generates trust and confidence in others.
  • Highly motivated and not easily discouraged.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Faye Hodgkins
Job title
Personal Assistant to Chief Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2713077
Additional information

For an informal discussion with Chris Morley, Chief Nurse, please email [email protected] 

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