Head of Estates Operations | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70,417 - £81,138 pa pro rota |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2024 |
| Location: | Southampton, SO16 6YD |
| Company: | University Hospital Southampton NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6264736/188-THQ1-0117 |
Summary
Would you relish the chance to be able to support lifesaving and life changing treatment for close to 1 million people?
Has the time come in your career when you want to contribute more than just profit for your stakeholders - and actually make a big difference for our communities?
Would you enjoy the opportunity to support one of the largest single site acute teaching hospitals in England?
We would like to offer you the chance to work as our Head of Estates Operations. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced operational leader to work closely with our senior leadership team, to expand, develop and strategically enhance the day-to-day operations of our estates across multiple sites.
This is an exciting role, with responsibility for a team of 150 colleagues, working in a fascinating and dynamic environment where every day is different, and you can say categorically you are making a difference. In this role, you will be part of a significant multi-disciplinary team, saving lives and helping the quality of life of thousands. You will get a sense of belonging and worth that will be difficult to match.
We are committed to your career development and offer a supportive, flexible, and collaborative working environment where you can continue to learn and grow professionally.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
Specific to this role is the suitability for agile working which is a mixture of on-site and remote working. In addition, we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rota), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Key Responsibilities include:
• Be responsible for the provision and management of strategic and day to day operational Estates building and engineering maintenance services across multiple sites.
• Provide expert specialist and professional building and engineering expertise as the subject matter expert to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the needs of patients, visitors, and staff - ensuring the environment is presentable, safe and the capacity for patients and colleagues is not affected.
• Provide professional leadership, management and support to the Estates team and UHS colleagues.
What we're looking for
• Bring a track record of senior level management in the engineering and/or building construction industry, including leadership and ownership of contractors and in-house teams to deliver a compliant service.
• Have a collaborative and collegiate external focus to facilitate greater working across the healthcare community, keeping the patient at the heart of all that we do.
• Demonstrate and live our UHS Values and share our vision and direction for the division and UHS in a spirit of collaboration and compassion.
With your excellent communication skills, your focus will be to provide professional leadership and senior engineering expertise; you will work across UHS, and beyond, to ensure our services meet the demands of our patients, visitors, and stakeholders, ensuring the environment is able to support the incredible work that takes place at UHS.
As always, you will live and demonstrate behaviours that meet our Trust Values: Patients First, Always Improving, Working Together. You will inspire, develop, and support every one of us to live these values - every patient, every colleague, every day.
Additional Information:
Teams Stakeholder Session: 22nd May 2024
Final Panel Interview at UHS : 5th June 2024
For an informal call, please contact Jane McCartney in the Senior Appointment Team on jane.mccartney@uhs.nhs.uk or Chris Mctaggart, our senior recruiter on chris.mctaggart@uhs.nhs.uk .
This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024