**Join Our Team as a Building Project Manager in the NHS**
Looking for an interesting and rewarding position in NHS as a skilled and experienced building project manager?
There's nowhere else to look!
York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management LLP is recruiting a motivated and experienced Capital Projects Manager with a track record of delivering healthcare construction and refurbishment projects.
This is your opportunity to improve the quality of healthcare services and positively impact peoples' lives in York, Scarborough, and northeast Yorkshire.
Working under the direction of the Head of Capital Projects, you will oversee a variety of major building, refurbishment, and estate infrastructure upgrade projects as part of a helpful and supportive team. It will be your main duty to manage and deliver projects in line with regulatory requirements, best practices, and Trust policies. A basic prerequisite for ensuring that projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and with acceptable quality is the ability to manage construction contractors, design consultants and a range of internal and external stakeholders successfully.This includes creating and monitoring project plans and reporting on progress.The ability to effectively manage project risks, issues, actions, and make decisions is also key as is the ability to address roadblocks and escalate complicated issues when necessary.
Key duties of the job will include:
• Lead and manage building projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery.
• Undertake all scheme-specific Project Management and procurement duties aligned with the RIBA Plan of Work stages 0/1 – 7 for a range of major building, refurbishment and/or engineering infrastructure upgrade projects.
• Take the principal role in planning and design of projects and leading collaboration of a group of multi-disciplinary stakeholders, including architects, engineers, contractors, NHS staff and patients, to develop project specifications and designs meeting the healthcare facility's requirements,
• Conduct feasibility studies and risk assessments to identify potential issues and propose appropriate solutions.
• Prepare project plans, budgets, schedules and monitor progress against milestones.
• Coordinate and supervise construction activities, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards and relevant regulations. Including out of hours works where required.
• Conduct regular site visits to inspect work quality and address any issues or concerns.
• Manage project contracts and procurement processes, ensuring value for money and adherence to procurement guidelines.
• Provide regular project updates to senior management and stakeholders, highlighting key achievements, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Foster effective communication and collaboration among project team members to ensure successful project outcomes.
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.
YTHFM are currently funding level 1 membership of a Tailored Healthcare Cash Plan for all substantive Band 2 and 3 staff, on a trial basis and as a gesture of goodwill. This provides employees with access to a range of benefits, including refunding the costs of optical and dental services, physiotherapy, and wellbeing treatments, up to defined limits. This does not form part of our terms and conditions of employment and could be withdrawn at any time. We also offer discounted membership of Westfield Health’s standard Plan for staff on bank contracts or employed in Band 4 or above.
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Jul 2024
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