Band 3 Facilities Compliance Auditor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 02/10/2026
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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 like the National Specifications for Cleanliness. 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 developing relationships with staff and clients. The position requires regular travel across Trust sites and involves moderate physical effort during auditing.
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.
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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Band 3 Facilities Compliance Auditor
The closing date is 02 October 2026
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.
Previous applicants need not apply
Previous applicants who have applied for the above post are encouraged to consider whether they would like to reapply following any feedback post interview; if you would like to discuss this with the previous interview panel you are encouraged to do so. If you were not shortlisted for this vacancy previously, we would advise that you review your application and the Person Specification before resubmitting a further application.
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.
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