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Joint Director of Estates and Facilities | Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,891 - £114,949 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 April 2024 |
| Location: | Dorchester, DT1 2JY |
| Company: | Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6139536/405-24-AC124BE |
Summary
For an informal conversation about the post, please contact David Jackson at our recruitment partners Stone Executive.
Email: David.jackson@stoneexecutive.co.uk
Phone: 01609 749032
Applications should be made by submitting a full and updated CV, with a covering letter of no more than two sides of A4. Your supporting statement should give evidence of how you meet the requirements of the person specification relating to the role.
Along with your application, please include contact details for up to four referees (who will not be contacted without your permission)
Closing Date: 9am Monday 8thApril 2024.
Accountable to the Joint Chief Finance Officer, the Joint Director of Estates & Facilities is a part of the senior leadership team of both Dorset County Hospital and Dorset HealthCare. As the principal adviser to both Trusts on all aspects of estates and facilities, we are looking for an experienced professional to provide expert advice, guidance, and support on all aspects of design and implementation of an innovative Estates Strategy that enables the delivery of both Trusts strategic objectives including the infrastructure and facilities elements of the Trusts Sustainable Development Management Plans.
You will be responsible for providing a comprehensive range of Facilities services including delivery of operational Facilities Management services, and the provision of a safe, clean, and efficient estate in which the Clinical Services Strategy can be delivered. As the appointed responsible person for all estates and facilities matters, you will lead on ensuring that all legislative and other requirements are met, acting as the subject expert on all national guidance.
You will need to ensure the highest levels of governance excellence to reflect the strategic intent and direction of Dorset County Hospital and Dorset HealthCare and embed a culture of probity and good governance in both Trusts. This is a vital role that will be the conscience and memory of both organisations.
The complexity and scope of this role means we are looking for an exceptional professional in their field. Someone who has exceptional listening, analytical and problem-solving skills, who can bring strong judgement, objectivity, and scrutiny to the entirety of the activities on both Dorset County Hospital’s and Dorset HealthCare’s estates and facilities agendas. As such, you will also bring highly developed interpersonal skills for influencing and managing complex situations, whilst sustaining engagement and involvement, and partnership working.
The communities Dorset County Hospital and Dorset HealthCare both serve are diverse, and quality care can only be provided with equality - we want to be known not just for the delivery of excellent services but also for how our organisations support staff and value each other as equals. With our two Trusts committed to tackling discrimination and embracing diversity across our organisations we would particularly welcome applications from across the spectrum of diversity and groups under-represented in senior leadership roles in the NHS.
If you believe you bring the skills and knowledge required to be successful in this role, share the mission and vision of both Dorset County Hospital and Dorset HealthCare, and operating in an entirely new shared model, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (DCHFT) & Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust (Dorset HealthCare) have a long and strong history of partnership working, further strengthened during the pandemic. To improve the health and wellbeing of local communities, and in line with the aspirations of Dorset’s integrated care system, NHS Dorset, the two Trusts are now operating under a new joint leadership model. Having appointed a Joint Chief Executive and Chair, similar joint appointments are a natural next step, and as such we are now looking to appoint a Joint Director of Estates & Facilities. This is an exciting and unique opportunity that will play a pivotal in our drive to simplify decision making, increase integration and improve the quality of care and outcomes for the people we serve.
To provide leadership for the Estates and Facilities Divisions at Dorset County Hospital NHSFT and Dorset HealthCare University NHSFT fostering a culture which is customer focused, committed to providing a high quality, cost effective and safe environment and to deliver the best possible experience for our patients.
To be responsible for the design and implementation of an innovative Estates Strategy that enables the delivery of both Trusts strategic objectives including the infrastructure and facilities elements of the Trusts Sustainable Development Management Plans. This will ensure that there is an efficient and sustainable estate that continues to drive the success of both Trusts, now and into the future.
The post-holder will be responsible for providing a comprehensive range of Facilities services including delivery of operational Facilities Management services, and the provision of a safe, clean and efficient estate in which the Clinical Services Strategy can be delivered. The role encompasses both Estates and Facilities services.
The post-holder will be the principle professional adviser to the Chief Finance Officer and the Trusts Board on all aspects of property management, estates, facilities services and capital development issues.
To be responsible for the acquisition and disposal of all properties together with the rent and service charge reviews.
Co-ordinate the Trusts capital investment programmes incorporating new works, service reconfiguration, IM&T projects and major backlog maintenance schemes.
Person Specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential Criteria
• Educated to Degree Level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
• Educated to master’s level in a relevant subject
• Management qualification or evidence of senior leadership training
• Professional qualification - either a Member of one of the institutes of Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineers; Member of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers; Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Registered Architect, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building or a Member of the British Institute of Facilities Management.
• Project Management qualification or significant project management experience
• Evidence of regular and up to date Continuous Professional Development (CP
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential Criteria
• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of estates and facilities services across a range of specialisms demonstrating ability to effectively manage multiple NHS services.
• Proven experience of managing Estates & Facilities services including property, assets, people and equipment at a senior level in a complex organisation.
• Proven contract and project management experience of large-scale capital programme schemes with a rack record of successful high level contract negotiations.
• Reporting to and working at Board/Senior management level including preparation of Trust Board level complex business cases to support investment/disinvestment plans.
• Proven record of innovation and managing and delivering projects to time and within financial constraints
• Significant experience of budgetary control, financial planning, and forecasting at a senior level in estates maintenance and capital development planning and construction
DESIRABLE
• Awareness of the wider Department of Health/NHS environment and legislative requirements for estates and facilities
• Prior experience of operational PFI and/or Procure21+
SKILLS & ABILITIES
ESSENTIAL
• Ability to provide and process highly complex, contentious, and sensitive information
• Ability to think and manage strategically and operationally and collaborate with multi-disciplinary groups
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Highly developed inter-personal/ communication and presentation skills and the ability to create and maintain good working relationships
• Flexibility, personal commitment, enthusiasm, and professional drive to lead and innovate
• Ability to harness and develop team working and rpoviding professional and staff leadership
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and significant knowledge of CAD/BIM techniques and interpreting building layout and services drawings
• Responsible for a number of relevant IT systems such as MICAS, C4C, 6 Facet Survey
• Experience of procuring software packages for estates and facilities requirements
• Ability to anticipate problems, appraise risks, consider overall implications, and make effective decisions
• Ability to work flexibly to deliver deadlines in response to changing priorities
• Professional and confident with a positive attitude and integrity
• Emotional resilience in challenging situations where views may differ and a high degree of negotiating and influencing skills is required.
• Able to undertake light physical effort and access unusual spaces in Trusts buildings and occasional site visits in unpleasant conditions.
• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively
• Subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business. Will be required to travel out of county to represent the Trust and participate in professional networks
This advert closes on Monday 8 Apr 2024
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