Operational Estates Manager

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an Operational Estates Manager at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH), part of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will lead in the responsibility for providing management, professional, technical / specialist services and to provide advice relating to plant and equipment utilised for control of space and environmental conditions as well as specialist plant and equipment used by the wide range of clinical services provided by PRUH and SS and partner organisations across the community estate.

Directly responsible for hard FM services covering the Trusts expanded estates, with particular focus on Orpington Hospital and the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH).

You will work under the remit of the Site Director of Estates and Facilities - PRUH and South Sites and the Associate Director of Estates (cross-site).

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of the role is to oversee and manage the Trusts directly employed staff and incumbent contractors looking after these sites (PFI and non-PFI sites), and to ensure that they provide both quality of service and value for money.

This role will have an operational understanding of clinical pathways, and ensure the provision of safe and comfortable environments for patients, visitors and staff; key to this will be a working knowledge of the engineering plant and ensuring that our contractors operate it efficiently while delivering the required outputs. This role will provide a Trust technical point of contact for Building and Engineering day to day aspects, and participate in the process of producing maintenance strategies, developing capital project work and the replacement of plant and equipment.

This role will also ensure all applicable statutory and mandatory obligations are met, and that Trust policies and procedures are adhered to. The post holder will also be expected to keep abreast of and manage the changing face of the NHS with particular emphasis on Estates Service Provision.

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level.

Date posted

17 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,408 to £73,961 a year per anum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

213-CORP-6334

Job locations

Princess Royal University Hospital

Farnborough Common

Bromley

BR6 8ND

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached full Job Description and person specification for more detailed information.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached full Job Description and person specification for more detailed information.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

Degree or equivalent experience in mechanical electrical engineering/maintenance with membership of an appropriate Professional institute.
Significant work experience of working within an large multi-site Acute Trust
Working knowledge of engineering & maintenance
Ability to work under pressure
People and leadership skills to effectively manage staff in a professional manner

Desirable

Postgraduate degree in relevant discipline experience of continued personal/professional development

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

Degree or equivalent experience in mechanical electrical engineering/maintenance with membership of an appropriate Professional institute.
Significant work experience of working within an large multi-site Acute Trust
Working knowledge of engineering & maintenance
Ability to work under pressure
People and leadership skills to effectively manage staff in a professional manner

Desirable

Postgraduate degree in relevant discipline experience of continued personal/professional development

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).

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