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Assistant Facilities Manager

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester

Assistant Facilities Manager

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Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 days ago, 18 Dec | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: f0be87b8cdc64af99d16c3413f4ee096

Full Job Description

  • To provide support and assistance to the all Heads of Service within Facilities in the running of all services within the Facilities Department.
  • To manage facilities staff in line with Trust Policies and procedures.
  • To provide leadership and support to the facilities staff, establishing and developing working relationships and regular communications between ward and departmental managers within the Trust.

    Applicants must have good organisational skills, the ability to motivate staff and have a proven ability to create effective working relationships and build teams. You must also be educated to GCSE level or equivalent, have numerical awareness and the ability to write reports. Previous experience working within operational facilities is essential.
    • Applicants will provide support and assistance to the Heads of Service in the running of all services within the Facilities Directorate. These posts therefore offer challenging opportunities to further develop management/ supervisory skills in an interesting and fast paced environment.

    The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
  • The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
  • Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
  • Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
    • The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000. The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

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