Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Estates Compliance Manager

The closing date is 30 December 2025

Job summary

The Estates & Facilities (EFM) Compliance Manager will support the Associate Director of Estates on all matters relating to Estates compliance to establish and implement quality control measures and monitoring to demonstrate our compliance to HTMs, HBNs, Premises Assurance Model (PAM), the Health and Safety at Work Act and ensure all appropriate remedial tasks are tracked and recorded.

*Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

You will provide specialist advice on a whole range of estates and technical issues, providing specialist expert knowledge on compliance, developing data capture and delivering reporting to Senior Managers, Working Groups, Committees and national returns such as the Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC) and PAM.

To be the appointed Fire Safety Manager and specialist Responsible Person for Estates Compliance disciplines such as Mechanical, Electrical, Fire or Building services.

You will support the collection and of an asset base for all sites and work in conjunction with the Trusts nominated Trust Estate Maintainer to ensure their CAFM system is updated, review and support the compiling the Preventative Maintenance Schedule.

You will work with the Trusts Appointed Authorising Engineers, support the generation of Risk Assessments for Estates related works and review RAMS for additional and capital works.

You will be responsible for writing and reviewing Estates policies and procedures and standing operational procedures. They will work with both the Health & Safety Manager and Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) Manager to ensure these remain compliant and in-date.

The role requires the production of comprehensive reports for communication to all levels within the Trust, including Executive Committees. These reports will cover compliance, technical investigations, incidents, and the analysis of complex safety issues

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Details

Date posted

17 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-7644398-OPS

Job locations

Whitchurch Community Hospital

Claypit St,

Whitchurch

SY13 1NT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in an engineering discipline (electrical, mechanical, building services etc) OR Professional Qualification/ Membership of an appropriate professional organisation. Professional knowledge plus additional specialist, management knowledge acquired through training and experience to Degree level equivalent. Specialist - City & Guilds / HNC /Accreditation for Estates H&S, Fire & HTM.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of conducting complex audits using research methodology such as Fire Safety management, Estates condition surveys, legionella and asbestos surveys
  • Estates Services experience in the NHS or within a multi-disciplinary organisation
  • Understanding of current legislation relating to Health Estate regulations

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Ability to produce accurate, high quality management performance reports and complex documents, requiring attention to detail at all times.
  • Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise own and team workloads to meet changing demands.
  • Ability to communicate highly complex or highly sensitive information to deliver appropriate performance levels from staff / contractors.
  • To be able to multi-task and deal with complex situations of a technical nature across a broad spectrum of plant and equipment
  • Can provide professional advice in areas where expert opinion differs.
  • Knowledge and understanding of NHS Policy and technical guidance, ability to interpret this to implement across the Trust

Other

Essential

  • Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in an engineering discipline (electrical, mechanical, building services etc) OR Professional Qualification/ Membership of an appropriate professional organisation. Professional knowledge plus additional specialist, management knowledge acquired through training and experience to Degree level equivalent. Specialist - City & Guilds / HNC /Accreditation for Estates H&S, Fire & HTM.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of conducting complex audits using research methodology such as Fire Safety management, Estates condition surveys, legionella and asbestos surveys
  • Estates Services experience in the NHS or within a multi-disciplinary organisation
  • Understanding of current legislation relating to Health Estate regulations

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Ability to produce accurate, high quality management performance reports and complex documents, requiring attention to detail at all times.
  • Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise own and team workloads to meet changing demands.
  • Ability to communicate highly complex or highly sensitive information to deliver appropriate performance levels from staff / contractors.
  • To be able to multi-task and deal with complex situations of a technical nature across a broad spectrum of plant and equipment
  • Can provide professional advice in areas where expert opinion differs.
  • Knowledge and understanding of NHS Policy and technical guidance, ability to interpret this to implement across the Trust

Other

Essential

  • Able to meet the travel requirements of the post

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Whitchurch Community Hospital

Claypit St,

Whitchurch

SY13 1NT


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Whitchurch Community Hospital

Claypit St,

Whitchurch

SY13 1NT


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate Director of Estates

Richard Best

richardbest@nhs.net

07805788035

Details

Date posted

17 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-7644398-OPS

Job locations

Whitchurch Community Hospital

Claypit St,

Whitchurch

SY13 1NT


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