Senior Estates & Facilities Manager - NHS - ref. q06559123
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below.When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
Estates and Facilities Management of several NHS sites, focused on Mental Health and Community facilities across Essex and surrounding counties. Reporting into the Centralised Estates Office of HPFT in Hertfordshire.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary
At all the sites assigned to the role provide a comprehensive management of the upkeep, maintenance and cleanliness and soft services of the assigned sites ensuring the provision and maintenance of quality services in line with the Trusts strategic objectives.Ensuring that services provided either internally or via third part service providers are delivered in a timely and coordinated way in accordance with contract conditions to Clinical Operations to ensure that there is always a safe and secure environment for Service Users and Trust Staff.
Liaising with the Clinical Services ensuring that Estates and Facilities tasks are delivered in line with the Clinical Services expectations and any issues are addressed appropriately and/or escalated in a timely manner with other members of the Estates and Facilities team, Finance, HR, Infection Control, and other departments as required.
Occasional / Monthly attendance at the Centralised Estates Office in Hertfordshire.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role and responsibilities please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria- Degree level qualification or equivalent
- Relevant Professional Qualifications
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Experience in a similar role
- Site management experience with knowledge of estate maintenance, facilities, security and soft FM underpinned by theory or practical knowledge
- Experience of working within the NHS or similar public sector organisation
- Contract management of contractors
- Permits to work and control of contractors
- Experience of undertaking building audits
- Evidence of ongoing personal development
- Understanding of health and safety requirements
- Experience in the management of staff and staff appraisals
- NeBosh H&S qualification
- Certified Responsible person for Water Safety, HVAC, Fire Safety
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were “blown away” by our people’s achievements and that everything they saw “sings and hums”.This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority.
Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles