Job summary
This is a role which key to achieving Essentia's strategic ambitions. It strategically directs all hard and soft facilities management (FM) services, and co-ordinates all capital projects, for the site.
The role provides strategic leadership across the site, is a key member of the Essentia executive (senior leadership team).
The role is highly autonomous, requiring interpretation of national policy and strategies, and involves the analysis, synthesis and regular communication of highly complex, sensitive and contentious information both within the Trust and with external stakeholders, where there are significant barriers to acceptance.
The post-holder is accountable to the Trust for the direct delivery of a large number of highly technical and professional services. These services are large, tightly regulated and impact directly on all clinical services.
Main duties of the job
Leads the delivery of all hard and soft FM services, including line management responsibility and budgetary control for all aspects of hard and soft FM including lifecycle and backlog investment planning, with a particular focus on high quality customer services, the proactive introduction of cost and efficiency improvements, and procuring equipment and supplies.
Holds responsibility for all soft FM services on site which include catering, housekeeping, and other non-clinical services essential to the safe operation of acute and community healthcare services.
Holds responsibility for all hard FM services which include engineering and building maintenance. The role holds prime responsibility for the 24/7 reactive service, the delivery of an annual Planned Preventive Maintenance plan with updates reflecting risks, management of backlog maintenance, management and control of contractors working on site (via Skyvisitor), and statutory compliance including permits, Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, and Safe Systems of Work.
Acts as a strategic partner to board level and executive leadership on site, as the key interface with senior stakeholders and customers in the delivery of an excellent operational service, supported by professional leads in the central team who set quality standards across the whole of Essentia.
Be accountable for the financial performance of all site operational areas against plan and actively forecast potential variations to budget.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.
- Interest free Season Ticket Loan
- Long Term Service Awards
- Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers
- A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme, '5 ways to a healthier YOU'
- Ride to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Free stop smoking service
Our Trust values: Put patients first, Take pride in what we do, Respect others, Strive to be the best, Act with Integrity
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Previous experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of leading large and complex services and teams across a range of disciplines (in health care)
- Significant experience of formulating long term, organisation-wide strategic plans and development of projects resulting in positive value for money outcomes
- Extensive, in-depth experience of organisation-wide policy and service development, interpreting legislative and other requirements
Desirable
- ignificant, proven experience of leading and managing change to improve performance against KPIs.
Qualifications /Education
Essential
- MBA qualification, or equivalent professional qualification or experience
- Master's degree, and additional in-depth professional training and knowledge of strategic management, financial management, performance management, staff management, legal requirements and regulatory processes to doctorate or equivalent level, acquired through training and experience over an extended period
Desirable
- Evidence of continued professional and managerial development
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert and extensive in-depth knowledge of the planning, scheduling and management of operational systems within a complex environment
- Knowledge and application of change management & organisational development tools and techniques, in a complex and challenging environment where barriers to understanding and acceptance exist
- Highly developed communication skills, with ability to communicate highly complex information where exceptional influencing skills are required. Highly developed negotiating skills within complex, challenging and at times antagonistic environments.
Desirable
- ighly effective listening skills and the ability to build excellent interpersonal relationships across the site, with GSTT strategic partners, across KHP, the ICS and beyond
Person Specification
Previous experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of leading large and complex services and teams across a range of disciplines (in health care)
- Significant experience of formulating long term, organisation-wide strategic plans and development of projects resulting in positive value for money outcomes
- Extensive, in-depth experience of organisation-wide policy and service development, interpreting legislative and other requirements
Desirable
- ignificant, proven experience of leading and managing change to improve performance against KPIs.
Qualifications /Education
Essential
- MBA qualification, or equivalent professional qualification or experience
- Master's degree, and additional in-depth professional training and knowledge of strategic management, financial management, performance management, staff management, legal requirements and regulatory processes to doctorate or equivalent level, acquired through training and experience over an extended period
Desirable
- Evidence of continued professional and managerial development
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert and extensive in-depth knowledge of the planning, scheduling and management of operational systems within a complex environment
- Knowledge and application of change management & organisational development tools and techniques, in a complex and challenging environment where barriers to understanding and acceptance exist
- Highly developed communication skills, with ability to communicate highly complex information where exceptional influencing skills are required. Highly developed negotiating skills within complex, challenging and at times antagonistic environments.
Desirable
- ighly effective listening skills and the ability to build excellent interpersonal relationships across the site, with GSTT strategic partners, across KHP, the ICS and beyond
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).
