Head of Estates - Estates Management Lister | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 24 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £83,571 - £96,376 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 July 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6407619/361-6407619 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Head of Estates - Estates Management at Lister who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will lead and manage the operational estates provision, its managers, trade staff and contractors and provide assurance to the Trust Board.
You will deputise for the Director/Deputy Director when necessary and play a full role in the overall management of the Estate function as part of the senior leadership team.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Lead and manage the operational estates provision, its managers, trade staff and contractors and provide assurance to the Trust Board, via the Director of Estates and Facilities and the divisional governance board that the estate, owned and occupied by the Trust for the delivery of health care, is as far as is reasonably practicable, safe and suitable for the delivery of health care and that our patients, staff, visitors and third-party users of the estate are not subject to avoidable risk.
Ensure that the Trust’s duty of care also extends to properties where Trust staff deliver services or otherwise occupy space to deliver support services.
Be the informed client for the Trust in respect of its engineering systems and services, supporting the Trust’s capital team with the capital programme, including backlog maintenance.
Be responsible for significant budgets for pay, non-pay, utilities, and capital (backlog) allocations, identifying and delivering sustainable efficiency and improvement targets.
Deputise for the Director/Deputy Director when necessary and play a full role in the overall management of the Estate function as part of the senior leadership team.
Represent the Estates and Facilities division at key operational and strategic meetings as a subject matter expert and deputise for the Director/Deputy Director as required.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Monday 8 Jul 2024