Director of Capital, Estates & Facilities

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board was formed on 1 July 2022 under the Health and Care Act 2022, replacing NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group.

The ICB is the new statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services. It will work collaboratively with partner organisations including the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, people and communities across the Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).

We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.

We are committed to delivering a trustworthy, flexible and responsible staff culture.

Job overview

This is a very senior post which holds responsibility for the development and implementation of the ICS estate strategy including primary care, out of hospital care, net zero carbon and ICB corporate functions. The post will work closely with system partners and within strategic projects (such as the New Frimley Park Hospital) to lead the development and maintenance of a system-wide view of assets and their development to support service model transformation.

The post will lead a novel and complex multi-organisational and cross-functional strategic, tactical and operational programme to ensure the delivery of out-of-hospital infrastructure which will enable the delivery of out-of-hospital transformation to make the new hospital viable and the system financially sustainable.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for leading the strategic capital planning process and implementation on behalf of all ICS organisations. They will develop strong partnerships with leaders and managers throughout the ICS, creating and maintaining relationships with Board members and influencing Boards and statutorily independent organisations to deliver on an organisationally agnostic, system-first basis which may cut across perceived organisational interests or priorities.

The post holder will also support place-based teams in the development of local estate strategies and business cases, overseeing the portfolio of emerging capital projects, and providing expert advice as required, and drive contemporary best practices in EFM functions, including design, service models, and digital delivery.

Working for our organisation

We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates, and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.

We are committed to delivering a trustworthy, flexible and responsible staff culture.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be required to build and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders on a range of business sensitive issues at all levels, including national and regional regulatory authorities, local authorities, commercial partners and organisational Boards.

Offer advice and support to GP practices and PCN Clinical Directors in developing estate solutions to support transformational service delivery.

Work in partnership with senior personnel in NHS and independent sector providers to inform the development of a system wide estate strategy and address operational issues, including working within and leading workstreams in specific multi-organisational projects.

Establish and maintain strong working relationships with the EFM function of NHS England, NHS Property Services, NHS providers, SPVs, Local Authorities and private sector developers and landlords.

Work with local authorities with respect to local planning and service delivery, seeking opportunities for integration to deliver value for money options for business-as-usual functions and capital developments.

For more information, please see the job description attached.

Person specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level.
• Extensive knowledge of primary care and non-primary care estates in the NHS
• Demonstrable track record of working with NHS, wider system, regional and national colleagues to deliver optimal outcomes
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare and estates policies and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Appreciation of the relationship between DHSC, NHSE and HMT in addition to individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Experience of conducting commercial negotiations
• Relevant project management qualifications and experience
• Close familiarity with HMT green book five case model and experience of delivering compliant business cases

Communication Skills

• Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on complex matters and difficult situations
• Ability to provide and receive, convey and present complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
• Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, managerial and technical staff at all levels
• Ability to persuade and influence and to negotiate in high stress, high value situations including commercial negotiations.
• Ability to deal with distressing and emotional circumstances relating to situations in which system partners have high emotional buy-in.

Analytical

• High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
• High level critical thinking skills and ability to ascertain, assess and connect strategic themes and opportunities to tactical and operational deliverables and actions
• Sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate

Planning Skills

• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with developed political skills
• Demonstrable complex project management experience

Management Skills

• Ability to demonstrate expertise in providing senior leadership

Physical Skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with advanced keyboard skills Utilisation of specialised software as required. Regular VDU use.
• Ability to maintain an expert knowledge of all ICS estate through regular site visits, including to inaccessible areas.

Autonomy

• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues

Equality and Diversity

• Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.

Communication Skills

• Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on complex matters and difficult situations
• Ability to provide and receive, convey and present complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
• Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, managerial and technical staff at all levels
• Ability to persuade and influence and to negotiate in high stress, high value situations including commercial negotiations.
• Ability to deal with distressing and emotional circumstances relating to situations in which system partners have high emotional buy-in.

Analytical

• High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
• High level critical thinking skills and ability to ascertain, assess and connect strategic themes and opportunities to tactical and operational deliverables and actions
• Sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate

Please note: this vacancy will close once a suitable number of applications have been submitted.

We make every effort to contact all candidates to let them know the outcome of their application. However, if you haven't heard back from us within 2 weeks after the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful.