Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Technical Director - New Hospital Programme

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Job summary

We're looking for a Technical Director to help us truly transform the way we deliver services.

We provide hospital and community services for over 900,000 people in Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire. With three main hospitals - Frimley Park, Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals - each site is entirely unique in its age, design, build and management arrangement.

With our continued improvements as well as our strong performance over the past few years, we proudly benchmark amongst the best trusts in the country. Like most, we have challenges with our infrastructure but have made significant investment in our estates to ensure we're creating a safe, effective environment for our staff and users. We have a vision to do even more to meet the growing needs of our population and we're now looking for a Technical Director who shares our ambition.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role in shaping and delivering our spaces and services. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable track record in delivering highly complex capital projects with extensive knowledge of estates, property management and property construction. You will have an ability to develop effective relationships at an executive level and with a wide range of external stakeholders, and influence, inspire and unify those along the journey. You will be a collaborative, respectful and aspiration leader with strong emotional intelligence and high integrity.

Main duties of the job

The Technical Director working with the New Hospital Programme and Technical Teams lead the development from design to the construction and commissioning stages - and the management of plans to develop both the New and potentially the retained hospital sites in line with the vision and objectives of the New Hospital Programme.

You will provide technical expertise to lead the delivery of the operational aspects of the Programmes, including the development of the design and estate infrastructure for the hospital sites. Working with the Trust New Hospital Team you will be responsible for advising and appointing through the procurement process the work of the design team, the construction partner, and other contractors.

You will oversee the development of the hospital design brief, based on work produced by clinical and non-clinical workstreams, ensuring that the Trust maximises resources and that the new accommodation supports the vision for services at the new hospital site.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Date posted

19 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£107,507 to £123,393 a year pa inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-ALG56

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached candidate pack for further details on the main responsibilities and job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached candidate pack for further details on the main responsibilities and job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Professional certification - BIFM, CIBSE, MCIOB

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of managing healthcare facilities
Experience of project management with large complex collaborative projects.
Experience of leading health planning and design, appreciation of standards and compliancy, developing FM service models, business cases
Experience of business change and implementation

Skills & Knowledhe

Essential

Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England/ NHS Improvement and individual provider and commissioning organisations
Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
Knowledge of the principles of the intelligent hospital and smart physical building

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Professional certification - BIFM, CIBSE, MCIOB

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of managing healthcare facilities
Experience of project management with large complex collaborative projects.
Experience of leading health planning and design, appreciation of standards and compliancy, developing FM service models, business cases
Experience of business change and implementation

Skills & Knowledhe

Essential

Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England/ NHS Improvement and individual provider and commissioning organisations
Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
Knowledge of the principles of the intelligent hospital and smart physical building

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)