Job summary
On behalf of and across the Heartlands Site (including Yardley Green site and the Birmingham Chest Clinic) to act as the Trust's Operational Estates Manager ensuring that the Trust's estate enables the Trust to perform its duties within the available resources in a safe environment as detailed in the Social Care Act and the wider Trust as required. The Trust is currently going through managerial change and the applicant will need to show the ability to be dynamic.
Demonstrate effective leadership skills, supporting the associated director of operational Estates for the Heartlands site in service development and lead as delegated on the implementation of any of these changes.
Monitor standards and maintain high quality estates provision day to day. Report any incidents via the Trust electronic reporting system and escalate issues promptly and appropriately
Contribute to the development of policies and service developments relating to the post, for example standard operating procedures and key performance indicators.
Maintain an awareness of professional and ethical issues to ensure support is delivered in a professional timely and courteous manner by all staff members respecting the different spiritual and cultural backgrounds of colleagues, patients and relatives.
Main duties of the job
To keep up-to-date on legislative, regulatory, HTMs, HBNs other statutory estates standards/guidance and to revise estates systems, standards, policies, practices, procedures, specifications, method statements, plans and risk assessments accordingly.
To ensure that contractor's staff are appropriately trained, skilled, qualified and experienced for the tasks to be undertaken.
Close liaison with Trust's H&S team including on site safety inspections and audits.
Ensuring the safety of the plant, equipment and services for which he/she is responsible and safe methods of working as required by the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, COSHH Regulations, Building and Construction Regulations, High Voltage, Medical Gases, Pressure Systems and the Estates/Trust's Safety Policy.
Advise the Associate Director of Operational Estates /Deputy Director of Estates of major failure of engineering plant, equipment and services.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience, in an appropriate field such as mechanical or electrical engineering or building plus specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate courses
Desirable
- * Recognised continued professional development.
- * Formal Management training.
- * Experience to masters level.
Experience
Essential
- * Experience of managing estate services in a major acute trust.
- * Experience of contract and project management.
- * Experience of working across multi sites/ Departments/ Services - both internal and external to the Organisation.
- * Experience of managing and developing staff, direct or indirect.
- * Experience of developing, implementing and interrogating detailed and highly complex information.
- * Experience of managing specialist estates services.
- * Experience of effectively developing policies, practices and procedures.
- * Experience of effectively applying specialist legislation, regulation, policies, practices & procedures.
- * Experience of managing a range of budgets & projects
- * Experience of effectively managing resources/assets and meeting financial targets for multi stranded services.
- * Evidence of successfully delivering value for money initiatives.
- * In depth knowledge health & safety legislation knowledge and their application in an estates department.
- * Specialist and up to date knowledge of own area of expertise, including associated legislation and regulation, including asbestos management, water safety and HSAW.
Desirable
- * Minimum of five years Management experience at a senior level within a large multidisciplinary service Organisation.
- * Experience of specifying, tendering, evaluating and procuring services and goods in accordance with EU and local regulations.
- * Experience of working alongside external bodies such as other NHS Trusts, HSE, and other similar national forums and agencies.
- * Evidence of improving service delivery.
- * Knowledge of KSF, Investors in People and PDRS process.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Effective financial, man, operational and contract management of multiple services and budgets.
- Decision maker.
- Creative and analytical ability to interrogate, interpret and develop often complex facts and/or information.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to receive and provide sensitive, contentious and complex information to a wide range of audiences
- Ability to persuade, motivate, negotiate to overcome sometimes significant and hostile barriers to success.
- Ability to write intelligible documents (reports, specifications, etc.) and present highly complex or sensitive information effectively to large groups of people.
- Effective organisational, planning & leadership skills.
- Effective Project Management skills.
- Advanced IT software skills, including use of Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, and other specialist systems e.g. asbestos management software, Autocad.
Desirable
- * Negotiation, facilitation, leadership and coaching skills
- * Ability to effectively lead, plan and organise complex activities, sometimes with a degree of uncertainty which require formulation, adjustment and coordination with other professionals within the Organisation
- * Ability to work in collaboration with all staff disciplines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience, in an appropriate field such as mechanical or electrical engineering or building plus specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate courses
Desirable
- * Recognised continued professional development.
- * Formal Management training.
- * Experience to masters level.
Experience
Essential
- * Experience of managing estate services in a major acute trust.
- * Experience of contract and project management.
- * Experience of working across multi sites/ Departments/ Services - both internal and external to the Organisation.
- * Experience of managing and developing staff, direct or indirect.
- * Experience of developing, implementing and interrogating detailed and highly complex information.
- * Experience of managing specialist estates services.
- * Experience of effectively developing policies, practices and procedures.
- * Experience of effectively applying specialist legislation, regulation, policies, practices & procedures.
- * Experience of managing a range of budgets & projects
- * Experience of effectively managing resources/assets and meeting financial targets for multi stranded services.
- * Evidence of successfully delivering value for money initiatives.
- * In depth knowledge health & safety legislation knowledge and their application in an estates department.
- * Specialist and up to date knowledge of own area of expertise, including associated legislation and regulation, including asbestos management, water safety and HSAW.
Desirable
- * Minimum of five years Management experience at a senior level within a large multidisciplinary service Organisation.
- * Experience of specifying, tendering, evaluating and procuring services and goods in accordance with EU and local regulations.
- * Experience of working alongside external bodies such as other NHS Trusts, HSE, and other similar national forums and agencies.
- * Evidence of improving service delivery.
- * Knowledge of KSF, Investors in People and PDRS process.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Effective financial, man, operational and contract management of multiple services and budgets.
- Decision maker.
- Creative and analytical ability to interrogate, interpret and develop often complex facts and/or information.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to receive and provide sensitive, contentious and complex information to a wide range of audiences
- Ability to persuade, motivate, negotiate to overcome sometimes significant and hostile barriers to success.
- Ability to write intelligible documents (reports, specifications, etc.) and present highly complex or sensitive information effectively to large groups of people.
- Effective organisational, planning & leadership skills.
- Effective Project Management skills.
- Advanced IT software skills, including use of Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, and other specialist systems e.g. asbestos management software, Autocad.
Desirable
- * Negotiation, facilitation, leadership and coaching skills
- * Ability to effectively lead, plan and organise complex activities, sometimes with a degree of uncertainty which require formulation, adjustment and coordination with other professionals within the Organisation
- * Ability to work in collaboration with all staff disciplines.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
