The provision of facilities management services to the Hereford County Hospital site is managed via a PFI contract which will expire in July 2029. The expiry of a PFI contract presents complex and interesting challenges for the Trust as it is looking for the assets to be handed back in a fully compliant condition with the necessary arrangements in place to provide the required facilities management services post expiry at an acceptable cost and with appropriate levels of risk. In line with government recommendations the Trust is planning the activities required for a successful transition. A PFI Expiry Committee meeting quarterly is in place to oversee the process and an initial phase of preliminary planning works has been done to prepare the Trust for the detailed works necessary to ensure a successful transition. The Trust is now looking to progress these detailed works and in order to do so needs to recruit additional experienced staff.
This post will be the Trust's project lead for the handback process and will provide assurance for the Trust that the PFI contract service suppliers are fulfilling the technical and statutory obligations required to provide a safe and efficient healthcare environment during the transition phase and that the necessary plans are in place to ensure the continuity of service provision and prevent any disruption to services at expiry. The postholder will act as Deputy for the Associate Chief Estates and Capital Planning Officer as required.
Main duties of the job
1. Review the PFI Contract to understand its idiosyncrasies. Produce plans for expiry activities required over the next 4 years and consider the resource requirements required and how best to fund and procure those resources e.g. legal.
2. Provide reports and recommendations to the PFI Expiry Committee and Trust Board.
3. Attend PFI Expiry Committee (Trust/IPA/NHSE), Joint Expiry Working Group and associated meetings.
4. Build relationships with IPA, NHSE and DHSC.
5. Manage the Trust's input into the IPA Expiry Healthcheck at Expiry - 3 years (c. July 2026).
6. Identify and understand the current arrangements for the delivery of FM services at the hospital including those FM services currently being delivered directly by the Trust e.g. the cleaning of bodily fluids.
7. Identify the Trust's options for the delivery of FM services post expiry and together with the finance, procurement and HR teams formulate the required business cases seeking Board and external approvals to progress the most appropriate way forward.
8. Together with the finance, procurement and HR teams action the approved FM services delivery method(s) ensuring the continuity of services across the services transition phase from old to new provider(s).
9. Provide line management to the PFI Expiry - Estates Assets Project Manager.
10. Input into ongoing discussions around lifecycle investment.
11. Liaise with Estates colleagues when making judgements and decisions pertaining to operational estates issues and to escalate in a timely manner.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking Trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff - a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
* Professional knowledge acquired through masters level degree or equivalent + specialist knowledge across a range of estates, facilities activities acquired through post-graduate courses.
* Experience to masters equivalent level plus managerial, financial and strategic knowledge.
* Engineering, surveying, project management or facilities management related post graduate training and/or evidence of CPD.
Desirable
* Member of relevant professional body (CIBSE, IWFM, RICS, IHEEM, APM etc).
* Project Management Qualification.
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
* Able to work with a very high level of autonomy and minimal direction and to lead in all aspects within the role.
* Good communicator, able to communicate effectively with all disciplines and levels of staff including multiple external stakeholders (e.g. DHSC, IPA, NHSE).
* Develops long term strategic estates operations plans to implement organisational objectives for critical services.
* Able to manage significant revenue and capital budgets.
* Experience of managing high risk/high value projects in the estates, capital and or procurement sphere.
* Extensive experience of managing building and facilities management contractors, experience in an NHS environment or similar including experience in a management position.
* Extensive experience in FM in a management position, preferably within PFI or similar context.
Experience
Essential
* Judgements across a wide range of estates issues taking into account legislation, H&S, conflicting demands, content of expert advice on estates operations matters.
* Able to use and understand technical drawings including interaction with auditing, surveying and drawing software (BIM/CAD etc).
* Able to create service specifications for contract purposes.
* Able to distil large amounts of highly complex information and summarise key trends/performance indicators.
* Ability to line manage staff with different functional objectives (finance, contract management, customer focus).
* Be able to create and use software to input and analyse data and produce bespoke reports.
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Franklin Barnes
Commercial road
Hereford
HR1 2AZ
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