Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the CoCH senior leadership team as the Head of Estates.
The Head of Estates is responsible for delivering a safe, efficient and effective maintenance service, and for the management of the Estates Department's building and engineering direct labour workforce. The post holder must ensure that engineering and building activities are compliant with statutory legislation, Health Technical Memorandums (HTMs) and other relevant codes of practice. The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the reactive, corrective and planned maintenance of equipment, engineering services and building fabric for all Healthcare properties under their control in a cost effective, compliant, safe and timely manner.
Main duties of the job
* The post holder will be required to communicate highly complex technical information with senior managers, directors, contractors, suppliers and other staff on a range of operational estates projects and works programmes.
* To provide credible leadership, professional management and direction to all staff within the Estates department, to enable the effective sharing of knowledge, ideas and skills. Promoting a culture, within the Estates department, which is underpinned by open communication and team working across all disciplines.
* Responsible for ensuring that appropriate managerial, technical engineering, building resources and associated infrastructure are in place to support the delivery of a cost effective Estates service to maintain the objectives of CoCH and the relevant Healthcare regulatory standards.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
* The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
* Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
* Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Knowledge
* Degree in relevant field (i.e. Electrical, Mechanical or Building Service Engineering) (Or HNC/HND in one of the above disciplines and demonstrate significant knowledge and experience post qualification)
* Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
* Management qualification or significant previous experience in management role
* Member of a Professional Institute
Experience
* Experience in a senior position obtained in an Estates discipline
* In depth knowledge of the legislative and mandatory needs of Estates Management.
* Sound understanding of workforce, performance and financial management and processes.
* Experience in the development and implementation of departmental policies, procedures and strategies.
* A good understanding of Estates and Capital priorities, challenges and funding in the NHS.
* Knowledge of complex engineering systems and maintenance procedures.
Skills and Abilities
* Excellent organisational and planning skills.
* Ability to manage a range of complex and distinct specialist functions.
* Ability to work independently within parameters set by the Associate Director of Estates & Facilities.
* Excellent Human Resource management skills including leadership and motivational skills.
* Results driven and demonstrates the ability to deliver significant complex outcomes to agreed timescales.
* Ability to articulate the consequences of decisions taken to be understood by non-technical decision makers.
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.
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Associate Director of Estates & Facilities
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