Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Estates & Facilities team to lead our Estates maintenance service as our Associate Director (Head of Estates) at Whipps Cross Hospital. Whipps Cross Hospital is part of the Barts Health Group, major providers of acute healthcare in North East London. Working in healthcare requires an adaptable approach and hence, in addition to excellent Estates management knowledge, you will be able to communicateeffectively, be self-motivated along with the competence to prioritise effectively, coupled with the desire and ability to initiate and embrace new ideas. You will have a passion to deliver high quality estates services that place the patient, public and hospital staff at the centre of the team's activities.
There are well advanced plans to build a new Whipps Cross Hospital as part the NHS New Hospitals Programme (NHP) that is expected to deliver a brand new state-of-the-art net-zero carbon hospital expected to open in the next decade. As the Head of Estates, you will be involved in the delivery of this scheme and ensuring that the hospital has an Estates teamequipped to manage the transition to the new hospital whilst also providing good quality safe services to the substantial existing healthcare estate.
Over the past five years over £40m has been invested in capital schemes across Whipps Cross Hospital to address essential backlog maintenance issues and to improve the quality of the environment provided.
Main duties of the job
Accountable to the Hospital Director of Estates & Facilities, the postholder will provide technical operational leadership and strategic direction for all engineering, infrastructure (including fire) and building activity undertaken on the acute Hospital site. Supporting the Director of Estates and Facilities in delivering all strategic objectives, including the coordination of capital, project and back-log programmes, ensuring all technical standards, including engineering excellence and patient safety is at the forefront of Engineering and infrastructure services delivery, through a process of structured accountability and statutory/non statutory compliance in line with the requirements of the HTM/HBN's andsupported by a robust Authorised Engineer, Authorised Person and Certified Person structure.
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.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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
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 and Training
Essential
- Professionally qualified at 1st Degree level plus Masters level or equivalent experience in an engineering or appropriate technical subject.
- Corporate /full membership of one of the following institutions: o I Mech E o IEE o CIBSE o IHEEM
- Qualified to chartered status plus significant proven relevant specialist experience at a chartered senior engineer level.
- Post graduate management qualification e.g. MBA or equivalent.
- Extensive current knowledge and experience of implementing Health & Safety legislation related to engineering operations and projects in a significantly large organisation.
Desirable
- Formal Health and Safety qualification i.e. Nebosh
- Formal Project management qualification - e.g. Prince 2
- Financial Management qualification
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Substantial experience of operating in a senior management role and delivering an engineering service at a senior level in a large, complex environment.
- Previous experience of developing and implementing estates operational strategies
- Extensive in-depth demonstrable success in delivering change and performance with and through management teams, by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans.
- Comprehensive expert technical knowledge relating to mechanical and electrical building services in commercial/ industrial or health buildings.
- Substantial experience of managing large complex engineering systems including management of revenue and capital budgets.
- Fully conversant with the statutory land legal requirements that impact on building owners and occupiers.
- Demonstrate a good knowledge of budget/financial Management.
- Substantial staff management experience which will include managing directly employed staff and external contractors.
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
- Ability to prioritise work in the face of competing demands.
- Demonstrate an understanding of design and contractual processes and a comprehensive understanding of Demonstrate an understanding of design and contractual processes and a comprehensive understanding of building procurement methods.
Desirable
- Evidence previous experience in a similar, senior, position within the NHS or Private sector
- Knowledge/use of HTM's
- Knowledge/use of ERIC
- Knowledge/use of PAM
Skills & Personal Qualities
Essential
- Can assimilate and communicate complex, sensitive and technical estates and facilities information
- Proven skills in researching and drafting strategy and policy documents.
- Ability to analyse highly complex facts and data which require interpretation and communicating.
- Ability to interpret complex legislation and technical specifications.
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Accomplished keyboard skills for fine work using estates/planning systems, as well as the general use of the internet and core office desktop systems
- Customer focused and driven on by fulfilment in reaching high standards/quality.
- Flexible and pragmatic approach to problems and working practices.
- Empathetic and willing to use a range of communication skills to achieve goals.
- Ability to work on own initiative as well as plan and organise own and team's workload.
- Resilient and able to cope with emotionally demanding ands distressing situations.
- Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Ability to demonstrate tact and diplomacy in dealing with patients, public and senior personnel within the Trust, health economy and other agencies etc.
- Ability to exercise political judgement whilst working in the public arena on sensitive issues and in relation to developing and working with complex policies.
- Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individual and teams to achieve departmental targets.
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery models.
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills. Ability to write complex reports, business cases and policies.
- Good work ethic personally organised and self-motivated
- Physical ability to access plant and equipment by ladders, on roofs and in some restrictive plant areas.
Desirable
- Self-starter, capable of working on own initiative and to a personal agenda.
- Ability to demonstrate a keen understanding of the issues relating to both the Trust and the NHS and how these influence
Other
Essential
- Ability to frequently travel (drive) between group hospitals and to other locations.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Professionally qualified at 1st Degree level plus Masters level or equivalent experience in an engineering or appropriate technical subject.
- Corporate /full membership of one of the following institutions: o I Mech E o IEE o CIBSE o IHEEM
- Qualified to chartered status plus significant proven relevant specialist experience at a chartered senior engineer level.
- Post graduate management qualification e.g. MBA or equivalent.
- Extensive current knowledge and experience of implementing Health & Safety legislation related to engineering operations and projects in a significantly large organisation.
Desirable
- Formal Health and Safety qualification i.e. Nebosh
- Formal Project management qualification - e.g. Prince 2
- Financial Management qualification
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Substantial experience of operating in a senior management role and delivering an engineering service at a senior level in a large, complex environment.
- Previous experience of developing and implementing estates operational strategies
- Extensive in-depth demonstrable success in delivering change and performance with and through management teams, by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans.
- Comprehensive expert technical knowledge relating to mechanical and electrical building services in commercial/ industrial or health buildings.
- Substantial experience of managing large complex engineering systems including management of revenue and capital budgets.
- Fully conversant with the statutory land legal requirements that impact on building owners and occupiers.
- Demonstrate a good knowledge of budget/financial Management.
- Substantial staff management experience which will include managing directly employed staff and external contractors.
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
- Ability to prioritise work in the face of competing demands.
- Demonstrate an understanding of design and contractual processes and a comprehensive understanding of Demonstrate an understanding of design and contractual processes and a comprehensive understanding of building procurement methods.
Desirable
- Evidence previous experience in a similar, senior, position within the NHS or Private sector
- Knowledge/use of HTM's
- Knowledge/use of ERIC
- Knowledge/use of PAM
Skills & Personal Qualities
Essential
- Can assimilate and communicate complex, sensitive and technical estates and facilities information
- Proven skills in researching and drafting strategy and policy documents.
- Ability to analyse highly complex facts and data which require interpretation and communicating.
- Ability to interpret complex legislation and technical specifications.
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Accomplished keyboard skills for fine work using estates/planning systems, as well as the general use of the internet and core office desktop systems
- Customer focused and driven on by fulfilment in reaching high standards/quality.
- Flexible and pragmatic approach to problems and working practices.
- Empathetic and willing to use a range of communication skills to achieve goals.
- Ability to work on own initiative as well as plan and organise own and team's workload.
- Resilient and able to cope with emotionally demanding ands distressing situations.
- Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Ability to demonstrate tact and diplomacy in dealing with patients, public and senior personnel within the Trust, health economy and other agencies etc.
- Ability to exercise political judgement whilst working in the public arena on sensitive issues and in relation to developing and working with complex policies.
- Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individual and teams to achieve departmental targets.
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery models.
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills. Ability to write complex reports, business cases and policies.
- Good work ethic personally organised and self-motivated
- Physical ability to access plant and equipment by ladders, on roofs and in some restrictive plant areas.
Desirable
- Self-starter, capable of working on own initiative and to a personal agenda.
- Ability to demonstrate a keen understanding of the issues relating to both the Trust and the NHS and how these influence
Other
Essential
- Ability to frequently travel (drive) between group hospitals and to other locations.
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).
