Job summary
A Water Safety Specialist is required to ensure Estates Operational compliance within the Estates and Facilities Directorate.
The focus will be on water management but will also lead on asbestos management and overseeing and reporting on compliance including appropriate professional appointments and audits.
Previous experience in a similar role would be an advantage, as would previous NHS experience.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the Estates Management team, you will be a key member of the team looking to deliver high quality services across South Staffordshire, North Staffordshire and Shropshire for both MPFT and our partners and other out of area sites.
You will have strong technical contract management knowledge and experience, excellent communication skills, and proven ability to influence others. You will be proactive and committed to seeing projects through to completion.
You will be an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills to support the Directorate of Estates and Facilities.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Reporting to the Head of Estates, the post holders duties include:
- To be a Responsible Person and Appointed Person in line with HTMs
- Lead on the directorate water safety requirements.
- Lead on Asbestos Management.
- To implement systems to ensure estates operational compliance with national standards including CQC, HTMs & other standards as required.
- Ensure all Estates related Authorised Persons and Authorising Engineers are appropriately appointed and associated Audits acted on.
- Monitor remedial work requirements emanating from reports and actively ensure timely completion.
- Collate estates operational backlog schedules.
- Linking with the Estates and Facilities Governance and Assurance Team and Estates Operational Managers monitor compliance across all Estates Operations and expedite any requirements to fulfil.
- Ascertain the position of compliance for all Estates Operations functions against KPIs and produce / present periodic reports indicating such, including cause / effect with recommendations to address any gaps.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Reporting to the Head of Estates, the post holders duties include:
- To be a Responsible Person and Appointed Person in line with HTMs
- Lead on the directorate water safety requirements.
- Lead on Asbestos Management.
- To implement systems to ensure estates operational compliance with national standards including CQC, HTMs & other standards as required.
- Ensure all Estates related Authorised Persons and Authorising Engineers are appropriately appointed and associated Audits acted on.
- Monitor remedial work requirements emanating from reports and actively ensure timely completion.
- Collate estates operational backlog schedules.
- Linking with the Estates and Facilities Governance and Assurance Team and Estates Operational Managers monitor compliance across all Estates Operations and expedite any requirements to fulfil.
- Ascertain the position of compliance for all Estates Operations functions against KPIs and produce / present periodic reports indicating such, including cause / effect with recommendations to address any gaps.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential
- Relevant post graduate professional qualification equivalent to Diploma / Degree level in an Estates discipline and in-depth practical experience or be able to demonstrate significant proven practical experience equivalent to this
- Suitable project management qualification or comparable proven practical experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Relevant professional membership(s)
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Extensive knowledge and experience of managing Estates compliance requirements
- Ability to demonstrate a proven track record in an associated discipline
- Experience of writing of specifications
- Experience of risk management processes
- Experience of FM software (e.g. MICAD) systems
- Successful delivery of change management initiatives
Desirable
- Previous knowledge of the NHS including the modernisation agenda
- Experience of working in NHS
- Experience of the 'Premises Assurance Model'
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES
Essential
- Budget and value management
- Carrying out audits and monitoring
- Current National, Trust and Local policies and procedures
- Effective decision making skills to secure desired outcomes
- Facilitating training
- Computer literate
- Ability to work and deliver under pressure
- Ability to provide expert advice on a range of related issues
- Wide knowledge of legislative issues
- Excellent report writing skills
- Standard keyboard skills
- Highly customer focussed/orientated
- Highly developed communication skills whether written, verbal or electronic
- Able to meet the travel demands of the role
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential
- Relevant post graduate professional qualification equivalent to Diploma / Degree level in an Estates discipline and in-depth practical experience or be able to demonstrate significant proven practical experience equivalent to this
- Suitable project management qualification or comparable proven practical experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Relevant professional membership(s)
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Extensive knowledge and experience of managing Estates compliance requirements
- Ability to demonstrate a proven track record in an associated discipline
- Experience of writing of specifications
- Experience of risk management processes
- Experience of FM software (e.g. MICAD) systems
- Successful delivery of change management initiatives
Desirable
- Previous knowledge of the NHS including the modernisation agenda
- Experience of working in NHS
- Experience of the 'Premises Assurance Model'
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES
Essential
- Budget and value management
- Carrying out audits and monitoring
- Current National, Trust and Local policies and procedures
- Effective decision making skills to secure desired outcomes
- Facilitating training
- Computer literate
- Ability to work and deliver under pressure
- Ability to provide expert advice on a range of related issues
- Wide knowledge of legislative issues
- Excellent report writing skills
- Standard keyboard skills
- Highly customer focussed/orientated
- Highly developed communication skills whether written, verbal or electronic
- Able to meet the travel demands of the role
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).
