We have an exciting opportunity for someone to lead the estate and capital development agenda at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as the Head of Estate Development.
This is an exciting time for the organisation as we continue on our journey to achieve the Trusts vision of healthier communities and outstanding care for all.
We are a professional, multi-disciplinary team, ensuring our estate is safe, clean, secure, compliant and future proofed to support outstanding patient care.
This role is fundamental to the team and to SFH as you will oversee and manage the team in delivery of all capital, minor works schemes, land and property and management of space within the organisation.
As a key member of the team you will provide senior leadership and technical advice across the organisation for the Estate Development agenda working closely and developing key relationship with clinical and non-clinical team leaders.
You must have a proven track record of progressive leadership, development and facilitating change in a culture of continuous service improvement. Self-motivation is essential along with a passion, drive, adaptability and resilience to cope with change within the Trust and wider NHS.
• Under the direction of the Head of Estates & Facilities, the post holder will take line management responsibility for any staff working in the Estate Development Team.
• To provide monthly reports to the Head of Estates and Facilities detailing progress of all projects against KPI’s of time, cost and quality.
• Responsibility for research and development by regularly undertaking Research and Development activities associated with Estates and Capital/minor work Projects and conducting a range of estates surveys and audits.
• The post holder will have delegated budget responsibility for Capital Programmes which have approval from Trust Board for the values identified.
• Develop and implement an ISO accredited capital procedures manual. Ensure that all tendering procedures are in accordance with Trust and NHS policy.
• Ensure the Property database is updated, has the correct tenure information, rent reviews, break options, rent, landlord and tenants’ details, etc. captured.
• To be responsible for the delivery of high-quality Estate Development schemes.
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is Nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding. Newark and Mansfield Community Hospitals were rated Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years we have been ranked as best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams working a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
To see a full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the Job Description attached.
This advert closes on Thursday 21 Mar 2024
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