Job summary
Are you a seasoned professional in estates and facilities management looking for a new challenge, with a passion for leading teams and driving change?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you. Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides essential mental healthcare services throughout Lincolnshire. Our vision is to support people to live well in their communities, and we're looking for a Head of Estates and Facilities to join us at this pivotal time.
As Head of Estates and Facilities, you'll play a crucial role in leading our estates delivery team. Responsible for developing and implementing innovative ways of working to ensure our estate is safe, compliant, and effectively utilised. Your leadership will be key in making the best use of our resources and supporting our mission to provide outstanding mental health services.
Key Responsibilities:Lead and manage the estates delivery team.Develop and implement new strategies for estate management.Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and standards.Optimize the use of resources to deliver a safe and effective estate.Drive continuous improvement and innovation in estate management practices.
About You:Extensive experience in estates and facilities management at senior level.Proven track record of leading teams and managing change.Strong understanding of governance, compliance, and regulatory requirementsExcellent communication skillsPassionate about making a difference in mental health services
Main duties of the job
The Head of Estates and Facilities leads delivery of estates and facilities management to ensure an effective, efficient and value for money estates and facilities service.
They contribute to the efficient and effective provision of healthcare services and ensure best use of resources through management of in-house and third-party teams. They lead delivery of estates and facilities services to provide a safe, compliant, and effective built environment at optimum cost, operating within policy guidelines and in accordance with Trust Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions.
They are responsible for the development and progression of the estates delivery team within the Trust and liaise effectively with colleagues across the organisation.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and practice. M&E and building knowledge; including legislation, best practice, and working knowledge.
Develops and implements Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and leases arrangements with all Care Groups; providing installation, maintenance, and repair related services to the Trust, to ensure that Service User repair requests are responded to in priority order and in accordance with the agreed standards for Estates responses to emergency, urgent and routine job requests.
Assist the Director of Estates and Sustainability in ensuring a cost-effective and efficient engineering and building maintenance service is provided.
Establishes annual budget requirements incorporating any cost improvement targets in association with the Finance team and applies suitable expenditure monitoring and budgetary control measures to ensure that the Operations and Maintenance function operates within its allocated budget and advises the Director of Estates and Sustainability of any risks to achievement of the Departments financial targets.
Continually reviews the performance of the maintenance team, in terms of productivity and customer service, as measured for example by job completion rates, evaluating, and where appropriate, implementing new ways of working to enhance performance.
Develops asset replacement/refurbishment programmes based on the data obtained from the six-facet estate surveys for the buildings, plant, and equipment, aligned to the Trusts overall Estates Strategy to smooth out annual investment requirements, and to avoid unplanned breakdowns.
Arranges periodic condition assessments and surveys and uses the resulting data to establish appropriate capital and revenue programmes of work to address any backlog maintenance items identified and to ensure that the physical environment of the estate is well maintained; within the available budget, fit for purpose, available for its intended use and provides the best possible patient experience.
Write and review policies acting on all relevant statutory guidance, incorporating into maintenance and new work activities.
Responsible for the production and dissemination of benchmarking, key performance indicator information via the Departments Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems, to all interested parties, as an aid to continuous performance improvement.
Exchange of complex information with contractors, suppliers, and consultants on technical issues Trust-wide.
Lead on the Estates regulatory audits and key objectives such as PAM, ERIC, CIPs, STPs, Sustainable and Environmental initiatives.
Write and input into papers for Trust meetings up to board level.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and practice. M&E and building knowledge; including legislation, best practice, and working knowledge.
Develops and implements Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and leases arrangements with all Care Groups; providing installation, maintenance, and repair related services to the Trust, to ensure that Service User repair requests are responded to in priority order and in accordance with the agreed standards for Estates responses to emergency, urgent and routine job requests.
Assist the Director of Estates and Sustainability in ensuring a cost-effective and efficient engineering and building maintenance service is provided.
Establishes annual budget requirements incorporating any cost improvement targets in association with the Finance team and applies suitable expenditure monitoring and budgetary control measures to ensure that the Operations and Maintenance function operates within its allocated budget and advises the Director of Estates and Sustainability of any risks to achievement of the Departments financial targets.
Continually reviews the performance of the maintenance team, in terms of productivity and customer service, as measured for example by job completion rates, evaluating, and where appropriate, implementing new ways of working to enhance performance.
Develops asset replacement/refurbishment programmes based on the data obtained from the six-facet estate surveys for the buildings, plant, and equipment, aligned to the Trusts overall Estates Strategy to smooth out annual investment requirements, and to avoid unplanned breakdowns.
Arranges periodic condition assessments and surveys and uses the resulting data to establish appropriate capital and revenue programmes of work to address any backlog maintenance items identified and to ensure that the physical environment of the estate is well maintained; within the available budget, fit for purpose, available for its intended use and provides the best possible patient experience.
Write and review policies acting on all relevant statutory guidance, incorporating into maintenance and new work activities.
Responsible for the production and dissemination of benchmarking, key performance indicator information via the Departments Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems, to all interested parties, as an aid to continuous performance improvement.
Exchange of complex information with contractors, suppliers, and consultants on technical issues Trust-wide.
Lead on the Estates regulatory audits and key objectives such as PAM, ERIC, CIPs, STPs, Sustainable and Environmental initiatives.
Write and input into papers for Trust meetings up to board level.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Level 5. or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial previous experience in NHS engineering/building operations
- Broad range of previous engineering/building experience in building services environment in a large county wide estate.
- Previous experience of Risk Management, from surveys, assessments, and action plans through to implementation of control measures.
Desirable
- Experience of Annual Maintenance Plan(s) and delivery of Capital Programme in accordance with the Trust's business planning cycle.
Skills
Essential
- Working knowledge of HTMs/HBNs and Statutory Instruments.
- Knowledge of financial management within an Estates environment.
- Effective communication both written and verbal.
Special Requirments
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across the county.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Level 5. or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial previous experience in NHS engineering/building operations
- Broad range of previous engineering/building experience in building services environment in a large county wide estate.
- Previous experience of Risk Management, from surveys, assessments, and action plans through to implementation of control measures.
Desirable
- Experience of Annual Maintenance Plan(s) and delivery of Capital Programme in accordance with the Trust's business planning cycle.
Skills
Essential
- Working knowledge of HTMs/HBNs and Statutory Instruments.
- Knowledge of financial management within an Estates environment.
- Effective communication both written and verbal.
Special Requirments
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across the county.
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.
