Assistant Director of Estates / Hard Facilities Management

Job summary

Assistant Director of Estates

An Assistant Director of Estates is required by one of the largest NHS Trusts in the United Kingdom. This specifically critical role, within the senior leadership team of the division, must work working closely with the clinical management teams and other senior managers across the Trust to ensure the compliant, effective, and efficient delivery of Hard FM services. This service, to clinical users and patients is supported by safe and environmentally friendly in-house Soft FM services.

You will be expected to drive change and improvement by influencing teams and working in partnership across both the Division, the wider Trust, and external partners to support our daily divisional operational response for compliance, governance, and patient focused services. A beneficial familiarity of maintaining a large campus with an engineering and building services background, your expertise will lead our multidisciplinary team in a range of vital works from state-of-the-art new builds to historic buildings.

Main duties of the job

Effectively manage staff, and contractors in delivering a Compliant, safe working environment in accordance with Healthcare Industry Standards

Ensure compliance with national guidelines and statutory regulations applicable to services within the Directorate

Responsibility for the operational delivery of assigned Operational Estates and Facilities Services including the development of efficient and effective systems, policies and procedures

Manage a complex range of information on the Trust's estate, facilities and capital. The post holder will be required to assess and analyse the conflicting demands of these areas and prioritise according to objective criteria, including external sources of expertise and information

You will be a role model for staff and colleagues and exemplify the values and behaviours of the Trust in setting the highest expectations and developing a strong customer focus for every member of the team to aspire to. They will also provide an environment in which individual staff can give their best and which exemplify the values of the organisation.

Be responsible for ensuring that all members of the FM team recognise and understand their individual responsibilities in ensuring the safest care is provided to patients and visitors whilst attending the Trusts campus.

About us

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.