Estates Officer

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a professional to manage, design, and implement a range of capital projects under £1m. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders and ensuring a safe environment while providing authoritative advice across estate functions. Candidates should have experience in project management and effective communication skills. Commitment to inclusivity and staff development is paramount. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact in healthcare services.

Benefits

Career development packages

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Experience in managing capital projects under £1m.
• Ability to provide professional advice on estate functions.
• Skilled in high-level negotiations with contractors and local authorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage design, development, and implementation of capital projects.
• Assist in the execution of the Trust's Capital Programme.
• Ensure effective communication of estates policy.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Team leadership

Technical knowledge in estates management

Job description

• To be responsible for the management, design, development and implementation of a range of minor capital projects, individually under £1m in value.
• To assist other Capital Projects Team members on major projects under direction, offering support in the execution of the Trusts Capital Programme as a whole.
• Provide a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.
• Develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with the Estates Operations Managers and other Estates & Facilities Managers to achieve an effective and integrated Estates & Facilities service.
• Provide and receive complex information. Communicate estates policy, technical information to senior managers, high level negotiations with contractors, consultant parties, local authority officers and other bodies.
• Implement the Trust’s Capital programme, in line with the Trust’s overall strategies and standards. This should take into account the NHS plan, the Trust’s Service Development Strategy and other relevant local and national initiatives (estate and service provision).
• To be responsible for ensuring that all user briefings are carried out in a fashion that ensures the design solution fully reflects all clinical, functional and operational requirements of the users.
• To be responsible for ensuring that external design consultants are accurately briefed and their performance is managed and monitored.
• Lead project teams including external professional design consultants and contractors.
• Contribute to the overall management of the Capital Team through participation in business planning, management team meetings and specific projects.
• Assist and support the Capital Team in the achievement of the Divisional and Corporate objectives.
• Provide authoritative and sound professional advice to both the division and the Trust across the range of estate functions.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke‑on‑Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co‑created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alex Smith Job title: Deputy Head of Capital Development Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07496 683 266