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Job Summary
Based at The Royal Oldham Hospital, as one of our Estate Managers, you will manage a team within the Estates department. With the opportunity to manage a range of works across the hospital site, you will deliver improvements that provide a positive impact on operations affecting patient care.
While the job description does lean into M&E disciplines, if you have a broad range of experience within general buildings services and a solid understanding of UK compliance we are very keen to hear from you. A background in healthcare would be advantageous. What is key for us is an individual with a passion for delivering excellence, great communication skills, and experience successfully managing a team.
Main Duties of the Job
* Provide electrical, engineering and building services leadership.
* Responsible for dealing with all Estate emergencies and for the activation and escalation of the Trust estates emergency plan.
* Take the role of Authorised Person across specific building, electrical and engineering services.
* The efficient/effective management of professional estates trades staff.
* Responsible for the efficient/effective management of contractors.
* Required to have a comprehensive knowledge of estates services.
* Understanding of building, mechanical and electrical engineering services.
* Responsible for the interpretation and implementation of legislation and technical guidance.
* Financial management.
* Risk analysis.
* Receive, interpret and disseminate complex and specialised information from outside agencies.
* Responsibilities for organising team workload.
* Provide technical advice to craftsmen and clients.
* Participate in providing 24-hour emergency cover to the NCA.
* Continually audit, develop, introduce and improve the systems and procedures.
* Maintain accurate, timely and legible records in accordance with Group Policy.
* Compliance mandatory training.
* Ensure all estates records are accurately maintained.
* Provide cover on other Group sites as required to support the estates department.
About Us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job Details
Date posted: 30 January 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year pa
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 236-NCA-EA173-24-A
Job locations: Royal Oldham Hospital, Estates Department, Oldham, OL1 2JH
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Essential: Professional/academic qualification at HNC/HND level
* Essential: Evidence of continuing personal and professional development in EFM disciplines.
* Desirable: Professional/academic qualification at degree level
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* Essential: Demonstrable experience in a manager position, ideally in the estates and facilities management sector.
* Essential: Evidence of successful projects/programmes of work within agreed constraints e.g. budgets, timescales.
* Essential: Demonstrable track record in estates management/estates supervisory roles with ability to think and work across a range of activities.
* Essential: Experience of procurement through tendering.
* Essential: Ability to work effectively and inclusively with a wide range of people.
* Essential: Well-developed leadership and motivational skills.
* Essential: Ability to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against deadlines.
* Essential: Performance Management and development of staff.
* Desirable: Evidence of Commitment to Continuing Professional Development.
* Desirable: Detailed knowledge and experience of the operation of NHS Organisations.
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.
Employer Details
Employer name: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Oldham Hospital, Estates Department, Oldham, OL1 2JH
Employer's website: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
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