Job summary
The post holder will support the Head of Estates and manage the service delivery of the Estates Department, taking the lead in the delivery of Statutory Compliance. The role will maintain a close and effective working relationship with the Estates and Facilities teams to ensure an effective integrated service is delivering a safe and compliant environment for patient's staff and visitors. This role will lead on the management of the Estates Department and oversee staff, contractors or consultants working on schemes across the diverse estate of the Trust. The post holder will also provide expertise and technical advice to the Trust on issues relating to compliance with Health Technical Memoranda (HTM) and act as the Trust's Authorised Person for a building engineering discipline in line with HTM.
Main duties of the job
- Take the lead on Statutory Compliance for the Estate Dept
- Ensure the Trust has adequate Competent and Approved Persons to cover for the following; Ventilation, medical gas pipeline systems, Water, Low Voltage, Lifts, ( and any other as requested)
- To act as Authorised Person for the following: MGPS, Water, Low Voltage, Ventilation, Lifts, in line with all HTMs
- Liaise with Local Authority agencies i.e. planning, building control or Local power distribution network operators (eg. Electricity Northwest Limited) when necessary.
- Contribute to Estates led committees such as ventilation, water safety, medical gases, Electrical Safety and asbestos management committees.
- Contribute to the Trust Premises Assurance Model and chair sub working groups as required.
- Provide specialist knowledge in relation to all site Electrical, Mechanical and Building services.
- Ensure statutory compliance and appropriate record keeping.
- Implement and review procedures to ensure waste is minimised in all forms, whilst keeping control of budgets, cost and compliance.
- Input into the Estates strategy to protect the Trust's future estate requirements and the fulfilment of that requirement.
About us
At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care.
This is an exciting opportunity for an Estates Manager(operations) to join the Estates and Facilities Department to support the team in providing Estates Management leadership across all Trust sites. You will be based at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospitals or Burnley General Hospital and will work closely with and report to the Head of Estates. Each day, task or challenge on the healthcare estate is different. This role gives the right candidate an opportunity to make a difference to patients and staff everyday as they manage maintenance teams within healthcare estates, facilities and engineering environments. If this is what you are looking for, then this is the right job for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Manage the teams business support function including developing and managing the teams business plan progress and identifying and reporting risk using established governance processes.
- Liaise with appropriate stakeholders across the organisation
- Manage all performance returns including business planning and workforce
- Develop and implement service transformation and improvements
- Management of the departments budget and annual release of Cost Improvement savings schemes
- Maintain service quality systems and procedures
- Ensure annual training and development plans are completed
- Undertake annual evaluation of service provision via stakeholders
- Identify commercial opportunities for the areas within your scope of responsibility
- Define service level agreement with all customers ensuring that education of service expectations are identified and are accepted
- High levels of customer and patient care are maintained
- Market the services both internally and externally
- Contribute to the Trusts Estates strategy and plans of its future estates requirements and assist in the delivery of that requirement.
- Liaising with the Trusts Specialist Fire Safety Advisor, Infection Control, Finance Department, the Health and Safety Adviser, Department Managers, Supplies Procurement Manager, and other Trust Advisers as required.
- Selection and appointment of contactors in accordance with best practice, SFIs and procurement legislation.
- Liaise and co-ordinate inputs from External Agencies, including Local Authority Planning, Health and Safety Executive, Building Control and Environmental Health, Department of Health.
Person Specification
Healthcare experience
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualifications or significant experience at a similar level in specialist area
- Evidence of continued professional development at a similar level
- Experience of managing Health & Safety compliance, risks, reporting them, and risk mitigation
- Experience of managing Estates and Facilities across Healthcare environments, public sector or NHS
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes in the construction or maintenance environment
- Management of maintenance teams, staff, external consultants and contractors
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 .
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 .
Employer details
Employer name
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
Haslingden Road
Blackburn
BB2 3HH