Community Facilities Team Leader

Role overview

This position reports to the Community Facilities Manager and is one of two team leader posts located at Newton Abbot Hospital. The role supports the daily coordination and management of facilities activity across site, including oversight of 32 staff in Newton Abbot and 2 staff in Teignmouth Hospital.

The post is central to maintaining patient flow, upholding the Trust’s cleaning and infection control standards, and helping ensure that patients, staff, and visitors experience a clean, safe environment.

Key duties

• Oversee and monitor facilities services across community hospitals, health and wellbeing centres, and other Trust buildings.
• Communicate clearly with colleagues at all levels, as well as with patients and external suppliers.
• Take part in required meetings, including weekly team meetings, monthly team meetings, and weekly operational management briefings.
• Support the Workplace Division by sharing information effectively with all Facilities Services staff.
• Ensure strong handover practices with supervisor colleagues as part of the rota.
• Help deliver the Trust complaints process by managing service-related complaints and compliments and joining investigations when needed.
• Respond appropriately to external visits and inspections, including unannounced CQC or Environmental Health attendance, and escalate concerns to line management when required.

About the organisation

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care organisation focused on delivering safe, high-quality health and social care at the right time and in the right place, helping the people of Torbay and South Devon live life to the fullest.

The Workplace Teams support clinical services across the Trust and consist of around 600 staff delivering services across all sites. The Trust looks for people who not only have the right qualifications and experience, but who also demonstrate the values and behaviours that reflect the organisation and Workplace Teams core principles.

Values

• Working together for people
• Commitment to quality care
• Compassion
• Improving lives
• Everyone counts
• Respect and dignity

Additional information

Priority consideration will be given to applicants who hold recognised Priority or At Risk status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.

For an informal discussion, contact Vicki Birtwistle, Community Facilities Manager, at vicki.birtwistle@nhs.net or 01626 324585.