Senior Facilities Manager - Housekeeping
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“*** SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE ***”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is a key operational leadership role for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Facilities Manager to lead the Housekeeping and Ward Hostess Services at Medway NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves ensuring high standards of cleanliness, infection prevention, and patient mealtime support across a complex, 24-hour acute hospital environment. You will lead a large, diverse workforce, manage a significant budget, and work closely with clinical teams to meet national standards and improve service reliability. The ideal candidate will be a resilient leader capable of engaging teams, managing performance, and driving sustainable change.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level, equivalent qualification, or appropriate specialist qualifications and experience
- Membership of professional body in Facilities Management or equivalent specialism.
- Proven track record of continuous professional development to ensure up-to-date knowledge
- Fully conversant with statutory requirements, NHS guidance, Codes of Practice and the requirements of Regulatory Bodies
- Knowledge of current legislation relating to National Standards of Cleanliness, the services such as COSHH, Hygiene Code, Infection Control, Environmental Protection
- The ability to demonstrate a keen understanding of the issues relating to the Trust, the NHS and how these influence the Facilities as a service provider of choice
- Understanding of effective contract management, service KPIs and Value for Money
- A clear understanding of the importance of creating a safe and secure environment for NHS staff patients and assets
- Significant experience in a facilities management position, ideally within the NHS or public sector
- Experience of successful project and change management
- Experience of managing a large budget and financial controls and savings
- Experience of organisational change and service development
- Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to make decisions by determining key points from complex data and multiple information strands
- IT literate with well-developed skills for the use and application of information technology systems including, file management, safe and effective internet use.
- Proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressured environment against challenging deadlines.
- Well-developed leadership and motivational skills to facilitate working within and leading a large team.
- Proven ability to manage large groups of staff and implement human resource strategies.
- Ability to empower, coach and support staff.
- Confident negotiator
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, together with influencing and negotiating skills for interacting with individuals across the organisation.
- Educated to degree level, equivalent qualification, or appropriate specialist qualifications and experience
- Membership of professional body in Facilities Management or equivalent specialism.
- Proven track record of continuous professional development to ensure up-to-date knowledge
- Fully conversant with statutory requirements, NHS guidance, Codes of Practice and the requirements of Regulatory Bodies
- Knowledge of current legislation relating to National Standards of Cleanliness, the services such as COSHH, Hygiene Code, Infection Control, Environmental Protection
- The ability to demonstrate a keen understanding of the issues relating to the Trust, the NHS and how these influence the Facilities as a service provider of choice
- Understanding of effective contract management, service KPIs and Value for Money
- A clear understanding of the importance of creating a safe and secure environment for NHS staff patients and assets
- Significant experience in a facilities management position, ideally within the NHS or public sector
- Experience of successful project and change management
- Experience of managing a large budget and financial controls and savings
- Experience of organisational change and service development
- Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to make decisions by determining key points from complex data and multiple information strands
- IT literate with well-developed skills for the use and application of information technology systems including, file management, safe and effective internet use.
- Proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressured environment against challenging deadlines.
- Well-developed leadership and motivational skills to facilitate working within and leading a large team.
- Proven ability to manage large groups of staff and implement
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Facilities Manager - [contact details removed]
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
Senior Facilities Manager - [contact details removed] Division: Estates and FacilitiesCare Group: Estates and Facilities ManagementBand: NHS AfC Band 7Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum/ pro rata
* SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE *
We are seeking an experienced, visible and highly motivated Senior Facilities Manager to lead our Housekeeping and Ward Hostess Services.
This is a key operational leadership role with responsibility for delivering consistently high standards of cleanliness, infection prevention, patient mealtime support and patient experience across the Trust. You will lead and develop a large, diverse workforce providing essential services across a complex, 24-hour acute hospital environment.
Working closely with clinical teams, IPC, Estates and Facilities colleagues, you will ensure that services meet the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness, support patient flow and respond effectively to changing operational pressures. You will use performance information, audits and staff feedback to improve standards, productivity and service reliability.
We are looking for a resilient and approachable leader who can engage and develop teams, manage performance fairly, deliver sustainable change and maintain high standa
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