St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Compliance Manager (Estates Technical)

The closing date is 26 May 2025

Job summary

The Compliance Manager will support the Deputy Head of Estates (Compliance) and Operational Estates Managers in ensuring statutory, regulatory, NHS, and internal compliance across St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. They will assist in the safe and efficient operation of all Building Services Engineering systems, ensuring cost-effective and reliable service delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

Supporting estates managers in maintaining compliance with health and safety policies, statutory legislation, and NHS guidance.
Assisting in the implementation of control systems for monitoring plant and equipment performance.
Collaborating with clinical teams to identify compliance risks and priorities for audits.
Liaising with the contracting team on technical information and equipment standardization.
Preparing reports on plant status, energy efficiency, and financial matters.
Participating in the internal inspection team and acting as an authorised person subject to training.
Supporting training and development initiatives within the estates team.
Deputising for the Deputy Head of Estates - Compliance when required.
Participating in the out-of-hours emergency call-out schedule.

This role ensures compliance systems are in place, risks are managed, and estates operations align with regulatory requirements.

Main duties of the job

Focusing, where possible, on both qualitative and quantitative outcomes. The following responsibilities are common to all posts in the Trust and should be included at some point in the job description:

To have responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of oneself and others and to comply at all times with the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations.
To ensure confidentiality at all times, releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment only to those acting in an official capacity, in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments.
To work in accordance with the Trust's Equality and Diversity policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery.
To adhere to the Trust's policies to ensure that no person receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of: age; disability; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race (ethnicity); religion or belief; sex (gender); gender reassignment; or sexual orientation.
To ensure skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes, and to maintain registration where required by the role.
To be trained in and demonstrate fair employment practices, in line with Trust policies.
To undertake such duties as may be required from time to time, consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and the needs of the service.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Date posted

09 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£54,320 to £60,981 a year p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

200-NN-7101246-E&A-Z

Job locations

St Georges University

Blackshaw Street

Tooting

SW17 0QT

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Estates Department is a patient, visitor and staff driven department focused in delivering a range of engineering services in a professional, effective, consistent and friendly manner.

Our key objectives are to provide staff, patients and visitors with safe, attractive and fully operational environments whilst ensuring the Trust has all the engineering support services required to sustain normal, healthcare operations and business continuity.

To support of the Deputy Head of Estates - Compliance and other estates managers in co-ordinating the infrastructure to support the trusts internal and external requirements in relation to statutory, regulatory, NHS and internal compliance.

Support operational estates managers in the day to day safe and efficient operation and maintenance of the electrical / mechanical plant, equipment and machinery, the associated services and distribution systems ensuring a technically sound and cost-effective service to St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

In conjunction with other engineering officers of St Georges University Hospitals NHS Trust provide engineering services at a high and efficient standard.

Ensures that St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and its associated users are provided with a cost effective, technically sound and reliable distribution and engineering service on a continuous basis.

Liaise with and support the contracting team as required in connection with technical information, standardisation of equipment and parts regarding compatibility with existing hospital services and equipment.

Support all estates managers with the production of specific health and safety policies and protocols ensuring their adoption in both spirit and application.

Acts in support of the Estates Managers as an authorised person, subject to training.

To keep abreast of all changes and amendments to Statutory Legislation and Mandatory NHS Guidance relating to the safe and effective maintenance and operation of healthcare building services installations and equipment and advise management colleagues accordingly.

Be a member of the internal inspection team.

Support the Deputy Head of Estates - Compliance in his/her duties.

Set up systems to allow the Trust to monitor and measure its compliance with external standards.

Work with clinical teams to identify priorities and risks for inclusion in annual audits.

Assist Deputy Head of Estates - Compliance in the direct implementation of all operational engineering department health and safety policies and protocols, ensuring that working practices comply with these in both spirit and practice.

Assist with the direct implementation of such management systems of control and monitoring and installation of plant and equipment necessary to meet the requirements of current statutory legislation.

Assist Estates managers with the safe and efficient operation of all Site Wide Electrical / Mechanical systems ensuring that all statutory legislation and testing is adhered to and written scheme of examination are maintained and remedial action is taken as and when required.

Assist with the implementation of best working practices to ensure the achievement of safe and efficient operation and maintenance of the electrical / mechanical services.

Responsible for the preparation of regular reports, including facts and

recommendations to the Estates Operational Managers on plant status, energy efficiency, emergency schemes, financial matters and any other items/subjects as might be required.

Responsible for the effective implementation of the Hospitals Health & Safety policies and protocols.

When requested deputises for the Deputy Head of Estates - Compliance in their absence.

To attend various training courses (both on-site and off-site) as identified during staff appraisals and as required by the Trust.

Participation with the Engineers Out of Hours on call schedule and arrangements to ensure the provision of 24-hour emergency call out cover, 365 days a year, to the Trust.

Procurement of goods, materials and services and to ensure compliance with the Trusts Standing Financial Instructions at all times.

Support the Deputy Head of Estates - Compliance in developing and ensuring that staff training and development is achieved.