Technical Director - New Hospital Programme | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
We’re looking for a Technical Director to help us truly transform the way we deliver services.
We provide hospital and community services for over 900,000 people in Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire. With three main hospitals – Frimley Park, Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals – each site is entirely unique in its age, design, build and management arrangement.
With our continued improvements as well as our strong performance over the past few years, we proudly benchmark amongst the best trusts in the country. Like most, we have challenges with our infrastructure but have made significant investment in our estates to ensure we’re creating a safe, effective environment for our staff and users.We have a vision to do even more to meet the growing needs of our population and we’re now looking for a Technical Director who shares our ambition.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role in shaping and delivering our spaces and services. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable track record in delivering highly complex capital projects with extensive knowledge of estates, property management and property construction.You will have an ability to develop effective relationships at an executive level and with a wide range of external stakeholders, and influence, inspire and unify those along the journey. You will be a collaborative, respectful and aspiration leader with strong emotional intelligence and high integrity.
The Technical Director working with the New Hospital Programme and Technical Teams lead the development from design to the construction and commissioning stages - and the management of plans to develop both the New and potentially the retained hospital sites in line with the vision and objectives of the New Hospital Programme.
You will provide technical expertise to lead the delivery of the operational aspects of the Programmes, including the development of the design and estate infrastructure for the hospital sites. Working with the Trust New Hospital Team you will be responsible for advising and appointing through the procurement process the work of the design team, the construction partner, and other contractors.
You will oversee the development of the hospital design brief, based on work produced by clinical and non-clinical workstreams, ensuring that the Trust maximises resources and that the new accommodation supports the vision for services at the new hospital site.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Please see attached candidate pack for further details on the main responsibilities and job description.
This advert closes on Friday 18 Oct 2024