Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Leeds & York Partnership Estates & Facilities team are recruiting to develop and improve our services and meet the changing needs of the organisation, to help achieve outstanding services to the trust. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking Estates & Facilities team within a Mental Health Environment. The role will have direct responsibility for a portfolio of sites, ensuring the effective delivery of estates and facilities management and services and developing relationships with key occupants of each site to enhance service user care.
The roles will work across a variety of estate contracts that include Private Finance Initiative (PFI), NHS Property Services and the owned and leased estate.
The effective delivery is through both outsourced services and self-delivered. As such, a key part of the role is on performance management (monitoring) in line with agreed SLAs both internal and external including the PFI Project Agreement, Property Services SLA, and National Standards i.e., NHS National Cleaning Standards.
Main Duties of the Job
The role will focus on effective stakeholder management within a complex structure, where communication and relationship management go hand in hand with performance management as the core focus area of the role.
The role is part of a team working alongside clinical services, planning, and organizing day-to-day service delivery (both hard and soft) and minor or more complex estate and facilities change requests, whether that is new work or uplift of existing work, following clearly defined processes.
To be responsible for ensuring the standard of the built environment is at a level that is acceptable to LYPFT.
To manage resources appropriately and be responsible for the escalation of any compliance or legal and statutory information issues to the PFI / NHSPS Contracts Manager.
To be responsible for arranging and completing Health and Safety Audits and Inspections in line with current Trust procedure, escalating any outstanding actions as appropriate.
Must have a valid UK Driving License.
About Us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research, and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development, and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days, and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering a variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker, and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to the bank. Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job Responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* A good working knowledge of the operational maintenance of estates, estates equipment, and facilities acquired through professional knowledge acquired by formal training in an estates or facilities discipline, professional level qualification in estate or facilities discipline, or equivalent relevant experience to post-graduate diploma level.
Knowledge
* To have a good understanding of Risk Assessments, Method Statements, Safe Systems of Working, Standard Operating Procedures, and Protocols.
Skills
* Ensure that communication is delivered in a clear and concise way using language relevant to non-technical staff at service level to avoid barriers to understanding.
* Full UK driving license with access to a vehicle.
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 Name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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