Facilities Manager

The Capital Estates & Facilities Team provides a full range of services across SE London to the boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth, Bromley, Bexley, and Lewisham. The Team has an experienced and skilled work force.
About the role:
Responsible for the planning and resource allocation, organising and management of Portering and Security staff to meet trust requirements.
To be responsible for maintaining a programme of high-profile security patrols of the hospital and grounds., 1. Management of the Portering, Drivers and Security services across the Trust.
2. Co-ordinate the waste handling collections and management of the collections and disposal.
3. Provide a customer focussed service assisting with patient moves and transfers.
4. Responsible for the in-house patient/staff transport service.
5. Manage the Trust Vehicles, servicing, MOT's and documentation.
6., 1. Management of the Portering, Drivers and Security services across the Trust.
2. Co-ordinate the waste handling collections and management of the collections and disposal.
3. Provide a customer focussed service assisting with patient moves and transfers.
4. Responsible for the in-house patient/staff transport service.
5. Manage the Trust Vehicles, servicing, MOT's and documentation.
6. Establish a recharge process for office, furniture and department moves and the disposal of confidential waste.

7. To control out of hours access by contractors and visitors, ensuring appropriate authorisation is in place and security is maintained.
8. To ensure that the hospital is made secure, by the locking of all appropriate doors and windows during the silent hours and to ensure these doors are unlocked as required, in accordance with the established procedure.
9. Responsible for the assistance of both members of the public and staff against violence and aggression incidents that occur on the hospital premises, and to liaise with the Police and ensure that all incidents are documented.
10. Shall be responsible for providing a safe environment for staff, patients and visitors.
11. Responsibility for assisting in the development of policy and operational matters related to the management of security within the Trust, in a professional manner to ensure real, permanent improvements are achieved.
12. To ensure that appropriate steps are taken to create a pro-security culture and a safe and therapeutic environment within the Trust, in order that staff and patients accept responsibility for these issues and ensure that where security incident/breaches occur, they are detected and reported and adequate preventative action taken to minimise risk of reoccurrence where possible.
13. Ensure security incidents are reported in a simple and concise manner allowing for investigations to take place when appropriate, risks to be assessed and to allow the development of preventive measures.
14. To take an active part in the multidisciplinary team and incident de-briefs for risk assessment purposes and to ensure that weaknesses can be fed into policy revision and all possible preventive action taken to minimise risk.
15. To undertake physical security audits, prepare risk assessments and review action plans to minimise the risk of incidents and potential breaches of security across a range of healthcare premises.
16. To effectively identify and describe the most appropriate technical, cost effective and physical solutions for security management services.
17. To assume the responsibility for the administration and record keeping of the Facilities and Security systems and to liaise closely with the technical staff.
18. Continuingly update by means of professional development efficient means for the delivery.
19. To prepare reports and presentations and other documentation using word processing, data processing and presentation software as required by the Head of Facilities.
20. To observe the appropriate confidentiality of all documentation flowing through the office.
21. To recruit, motivate, train, develop and retain appropriate staff enabling staff to have the skills, expertise and discretion to function effectively in their role.
22. To ensure that all staff have appraisals and personal development plans are in place.
23. To undertake ad hoc projects in support of the Head of Facilities
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
· Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Other benefits include:
· Counselling services
· Wellbeing events
· Long service awards
· Cycle to work scheme
· Season ticket loan
· Childcare vouchers
· Staff restaurants
For a full list of our benefits please visit: https://www.slam.nhs.uk/media/421262/Working%20at%20SLaM.pdf
We look forward to receiving your application