Band 3 Facilities Compliance Auditor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 04/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves undertaking compliance audits for inpatient and outpatient premises across the Trust, ensuring adherence to legislative and published guidelines, including cleanliness and environmental protection acts. The auditor will input and report on data, produce audit reports and action plans, and follow up to ensure compliance. Key responsibilities include monitoring service quality, proactively assessing cleanliness and waste standards, and providing advice and training to staff. The role requires strong communication skills and the ability to work independently to identify and address issues.
Essential criteria
- Level 2 food hygiene certificate
- British institute of cleaning science qualification or equivalent /relevant experience
- NVQ Level 3 in Facilities Management or equivalent level of experience.
- Skills and Knowledge
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good Standard of Literacy and Numeracy
- Good keyboard and IT Skills
- Understanding of how facilities services are delivered within a live hospital environment being mindful of patient, staff and visitor safety.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages such as Word, EXCEL and Outlook
- Knowledge of healthcare cleaning and waste management
- Ability to work on own initiative and be able to problem solve
- Ability to understand and deliver to national cleaning specifications and HTM's
- Ability to develop effective working partnerships with staff at all levels
- Ability to work under pressure and multi task whilst delivering operational objectives and meeting deadlines.
- Able to deliver training and instruction to staff in best practice and methods of work.
- Excellent Organisational Skills
- Thorough attention to detail and high standards of accuracy.
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team
- Other job requirements
- Must be able to regularly travel across trust sites
- Moderate physical effort for long periods when auditing
- Occasional exposure to unpleasant working conditions where the use of PPE is required
- Occasional working in clinical environments with sensitivity to the privacy and dignity of patients
- Experience in the implementation and monitoring of facilities related risk management policies and procedures.
- Experience in a healthcare facilities environment
- Experience of carrying out audits
Desirable criteria
- Experience of handling confidential and sensitive information.
- Qualifications/Training
- Level 2 food hygiene certificate
- British institute of cleaning science qualification or equivalent /relevant experience
- NVQ Level 3 in Facilities Management or equivalent level of experience.
- Skills and Knowledge
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good Standard of Literacy and Numeracy
- Good keyboard and IT Skills
- Understanding of how facilities services are delivered within a live hospital environment being mindful of patient, staff and visitor safety.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages such as Word, EXCEL and Outlook
- Knowledge of healthcare cleaning and waste management
- Ability to work on own initiative and be able to problem solve
- Ability to understand and deliver to national cleaning specifications and HTM's
- Ability to develop effective working partnerships with staff at all levels
- Ability to work under pressure and multi task whilst delivering operational objectives and meeting deadlines.
- Able to deliver training and instruction to staff in best practice and methods of work.
- Excellent Organisational Skills
- Thorough attention to detail and high standards of accuracy.
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team
- Other job requirements
- Must be able to regularly travel across trust sites
- Moderate physical effort for long periods when auditing
- Occasional exposure to unpleasant working conditions where the use of PPE is required
- Occasional working in clinical environments with sensitivity to the privacy and dignity of patients
- Experience in the implementation and monitoring of facilities related risk management policies and procedures.
- Experience in a healthcare facilities environment
- Experience of carrying out audits
- Experience of handling confidential and sensitive information.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 9d ago · Closes in 3d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
To undertake Audits for inpatient and outpatient premises within all divisions of the Trust, ensuring compliance against all legislative and published guidelines, including but not limited to, the National Specifications for Cleanliness and Environmental Protection Act 1990 and associated Health technical memoranda (HTMs).To input and report on data gathered from completed audits. Produce audit reports, action plans, action lists and revisit to ensure compliance.To develop and maintain strong relationships with all staff, clients and their representatives across all inpatient and outpatient premises.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to detailed job description and main responsibilities for the role, detailed further below.
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