Facilities Manager - Housekeeping
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
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Role summary
The Facilities Manager will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Housekeeping Department, ensuring compliance with NHS Cleaning Standards. This role involves supervising staff, managing departmental activities, and planning staffing for new services. Key responsibilities include maintaining computer records, auditing service specifications, and managing the department's budget. The manager will also be involved in staff training, recruitment, and ensuring adherence to health and safety regulations.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent comparable experience in a large NHS Trust.
- GCSE in English and Mathematics.
Desirable criteria
- To have Supervisory/Management qualification or NVQ Level 4 or relevant experience.
- Evidence of continued professional/personal development in Supervisory Management.
- Knowledge of NHS Cleaning Standards
- Knowledge and Experience
- To have knowledge and experience of auditing and monitoring systems.
- To have significant experience in Supervising/Managing staff.
- Knowledge and experience of Human Resource procedures and processes.
- Competencies
- Ability to use Microsoft programs such as word, excel and powerpoint.
- Knowledge of Infection Control requirements in the NHS and staff training requirements.
- Knowledge of Health & Safety at Work Regulations, COSHH etc.
- The ability to carry out on the job training.
- To complete standard documentation.
- Budget Management
- Project Management
- Skills and Aptitudes
- To have the ability to develop the service and implement new procedures.
- To work autonomously with a significant level of initiative.
- To work under pressure to deadlines due to service demands and pressures.
- Willing and able to facilitate change and motivate others to accept change.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent comparable experience in a large NHS Trust.
- GCSE in English and Mathematics.
- To have Supervisory/Management qualification or NVQ Level 4 or relevant experience.
- Evidence of continued professional/personal development in Supervisory Management.
- Knowledge of NHS Cleaning Standards
- Knowledge and Experience
- To have knowledge and experience of auditing and monitoring systems.
- To have significant experience in Supervising/Managing staff.
- Knowledge and experience of Human Resource procedures and processes.
- Competencies
- Ability to use Microsoft programs such as word, excel and powerpoint.
- Knowledge of Infection Control requirements in the NHS and staff training requirements.
- Knowledge of Health & Safety at Work Regulations, COSHH etc.
- The ability to carry out on the job training.
- To complete standard documentation.
- Budget Management
- Project Management
- Skills and Aptitudes
- To have the ability to develop the service and implement new procedures.
- To work autonomously with a significant level of initiative.
- To work under pressure to deadlines due to service demands and pressures.
- Willing and able to facilitate change and motivate others to accept change.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
To manage the Housekeeping Department on a day-to-day basis, to ensure that the Housekeeping service provided to the Trust meets and abides by the NHS Cleaning Standards.PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.
Main duties of the job
- 1\. To manage and supervise all areas of housekeeping on a day-to-day basis in line with Trust Visions and Trust Values.
- 2\. To manage the day-to-day activities of the housekeeping department and line manage the respective Senior Supervisor/Supervisors of the department.
- 3\. To plan and monitor staffing for new departments and or changes to service requirements within the housekeeping department and assist with new projects.
- 4\. To maintain computer records for the housekeeping department.
- 5\. To ensure that the outlines service specification is met, using auditing systems as provided for the department.
About us
**Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-
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