Job summary
Reporting to the PFI Associate director to support the PFI Contract monitoring officer with the programme of co-ordination, implementation, and delivery of the Compliance responsibilities and provide assurance that effective and responsive processes are maintained across the Barts Trust sites.
Main duties of the job
To act as a member of the PFI Management Team with specific responsibilities to audit the Hard Facilities Management services provided by the Project Co's under the Private Finance arrangement at Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew's Hospital, and Newham Hospital .The post holder will monitor all governance and performance matters related to all PFI service performance, contract administration, managing relationships, as well as conducting various Hard FM audits.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level qualification or equivalent
- BTEC technical with experience in an operational or monitoring post
- Delivering multi FM services and/or PFI Schemes experience
- Highly developed knowledge of FM or technical services in a Healthcare environment.
Desirable
- Be a member of a recognized professional institute i.e. CIBSE; BIFM; IFMA or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 5 years supervisory/management experience within a Hard Facilities Management environment.
- Experience of working with contracted out support services.
- NHS experience, preferably within either an acute environment.
- Good understanding and training in contract management; project management
- Skills to manage change.
- Analytical skills: the contract manager will need to be able to analyse the contractual documents and put in place practical monitoring processes regarding the provisions of the project.
- Detailed knowledge and experience of developing, negotiating, tendering and managing complex high value contracts, such as PFI agreements or contracts
Skills
Essential
- Good written and verbal communications - both one to one and within a group setting.
- Computer literacy including MS Office.
- Excellent negotiating skills.
- Ability to plan rotas and review workforce needs in relation to changes in service provision.
- Ability to assess individual competency and identify training needs.
- Possess self-motivation and have the ability to work under own initiative monitoring service provision and generating action plans and executing them.
Other
Essential
- Strong leadership and persuasion skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and possess good time management skills balancing and achieving numerous deadlines.
- To hold the aptitude and ability to communicate at all levels with internal and external clients demonstrating an empathic approach in challenging circumstances.
- Excellent negotiating skills.
- Clear written and verbal communications
- The post holder be required to flexibly hours occasionally, when workload requires.
- Ability to move freely between sites and within the sites. Some bending and stretching required but for a defined period.
- Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level qualification or equivalent
- BTEC technical with experience in an operational or monitoring post
- Delivering multi FM services and/or PFI Schemes experience
- Highly developed knowledge of FM or technical services in a Healthcare environment.
Desirable
- Be a member of a recognized professional institute i.e. CIBSE; BIFM; IFMA or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 5 years supervisory/management experience within a Hard Facilities Management environment.
- Experience of working with contracted out support services.
- NHS experience, preferably within either an acute environment.
- Good understanding and training in contract management; project management
- Skills to manage change.
- Analytical skills: the contract manager will need to be able to analyse the contractual documents and put in place practical monitoring processes regarding the provisions of the project.
- Detailed knowledge and experience of developing, negotiating, tendering and managing complex high value contracts, such as PFI agreements or contracts
Skills
Essential
- Good written and verbal communications - both one to one and within a group setting.
- Computer literacy including MS Office.
- Excellent negotiating skills.
- Ability to plan rotas and review workforce needs in relation to changes in service provision.
- Ability to assess individual competency and identify training needs.
- Possess self-motivation and have the ability to work under own initiative monitoring service provision and generating action plans and executing them.
Other
Essential
- Strong leadership and persuasion skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and possess good time management skills balancing and achieving numerous deadlines.
- To hold the aptitude and ability to communicate at all levels with internal and external clients demonstrating an empathic approach in challenging circumstances.
- Excellent negotiating skills.
- Clear written and verbal communications
- The post holder be required to flexibly hours occasionally, when workload requires.
- Ability to move freely between sites and within the sites. Some bending and stretching required but for a defined period.
- Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
