An exciting opportunity as arisen at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust due to the retirement of the current post holder for an experienced Facilities (Soft Services) professional to join an ambitious senior management team led by the Director of Estates and Facilities.

Through a commitment to the MCHFT values based behaviours, the successful candidate will use their leadership skills and experience to create a culture of continuous service improvement in support of the provision of high quality patient care and develop strong relationships with partners across the private, public and third sectors.

The post-holder will need to be both adaptable and flexible and be a competent Senior Facilities Manager with experience of leading teams in delivering efficient and effective Soft FM services. The right candidate will need to embrace change and develop teams to ensure service delivery to the highest level across the Trust.

Deputising as necessary for the Director of Estates and Facilities, this role requires a confident, inspirational leader that can communicate and deliver the expected changes, as we modernise the Facilities Services.

To be successful in this role you will need to be a proven manager of delivering at an operational level in either the public or private sector. Strong demonstrated competencies in managing Soft facilities services, encompassing Catering, Portering, Domestic, Linen, Waste and Security Services and Business Administration

Trust Profile

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients.  We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.