Head of Estates

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

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Job summary

Why Apply?

By joining the NHS and Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust, you become part of a talented, dedicated team of experts who are passionate about helping the NHS get the most from its estates; keeping the buildings and equipment used by nursing and clinical teams in a safe condition. By working together, we can drive real change for the NHS and enable our healthcare professionals to focus on providing excellent patient care.

We are looking for a forward thinking, open, individual to join us and continue the excellent work already being undertaken. (Culture) As our Head of Estates you will be responsible for the overall management of Estates operations across our many sites and provide expert support.

The post will be based at Kings Court 1, Worcester, but will have responsibility across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The role requires a high level of attention to detail, accuracy and the ability to lead and inspire teams.

Main duties of the job

Liaising with Senior, Clinical & Departmental Managers to develop Estates services in accordance with national standards, mandatory controls and the Trust's corporate policies and strategies.

Provide expert specialist and professional construction, building and or engineering advice to other estates staff, directors, senior management and other associated stakeholders.

Constantly review relevant standards to ensure that national directives and statutory obligations are complied with, and account is taken of new technologies.

Negotiate and implement appropriate Service Level Agreements and formal contracts for third party organisations as appropriate ensuring that service standards and financial profitability are achieved whilst minimising risk.

In addition, as part of the NHS you will gain access to wide ranging colleague benefits and support, including;

Annual leave 27 days, non-inclusive of the 8 UK public holidays (35 days in total)

Highly Competitive NHS Pension. (23.7% contribution from the NHS)

Flexible working

Sick and Parental Leave

Local discounts on Gym memberships, restaurants, and cafés

Cycle to work scheme

Salary Sacrifice Scheme for vehicles.

Employee Assistance Programmes

Blue Light Card

Apply today and be a part of the NHS team!

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service

Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours

Flexible and agile working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)

Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes

Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.

Date posted

25 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£70,417 to £81,138 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9798-0518

Job locations

Kings Court 1

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

WR5 1JR

Job description

Job responsibilities

Reporting to the Associate Director Estates and Facilities, The Head of Estates will take the lead for the culture and performance of Estates department at the Trust.

The post holder is responsible for the overall management of all Estates operations (Building, Engineering, Maintenance Helpdesk, Fire, Waste, estates informatics, sustainability, backlog maintenance, condition survey etc). This includes community hospitals and community sites that our organisation works from. Delivery of the service within allocated budget, whilst identifying Divisional pressures and contributing to identification of cost savings and service improvements.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Reporting to the Associate Director Estates and Facilities, The Head of Estates will take the lead for the culture and performance of Estates department at the Trust.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent
Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate courses and experience to masters equivalent level
Membership of appropriate professional body, e.g., Chartered Institute of Building Services, Engineers (CIBSE), Institute of Engineers and Technicians (IET), Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM), RICS and/or RIBA
I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Experience

Essential

Estates/Facilities management and engineering infrastructure experience in complex environments
Strategy Development
Wide portfolio of responsibilities
Estates related IT infrastructure development
Experience of significant organisational change including market testing of in-house functions and overseeing contracted-out functions
Experience of delivering capital projects, planned preventative maintenance and emergency/reactive repairs
Experience and understanding of the maintenance of medical device equipment
Experience of designing and procuring technical/complex external contracts in partnership with Procurement professionals
Expenditure limits and authorisations relevant to the organisations standard financial instructions (SFis)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent
Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate courses and experience to masters equivalent level
Membership of appropriate professional body, e.g., Chartered Institute of Building Services, Engineers (CIBSE), Institute of Engineers and Technicians (IET), Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM), RICS and/or RIBA
I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Experience

Essential

Estates/Facilities management and engineering infrastructure experience in complex environments
Strategy Development
Wide portfolio of responsibilities
Estates related IT infrastructure development
Experience of significant organisational change including market testing of in-house functions and overseeing contracted-out functions
Experience of delivering capital projects, planned preventative maintenance and emergency/reactive repairs
Experience and understanding of the maintenance of medical device equipment
Experience of designing and procuring technical/complex external contracts in partnership with Procurement professionals
Expenditure limits and authorisations relevant to the organisations standard financial instructions (SFis)

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.