General Manager Estates & Facilities

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Senior Estates and Facilities Manager role. Based at Fairfield Hospital in Bury and also responsible for Rochdale Infirmary, the post requires senior-level expertise in hard services estates management and soft services, with responsibility for site maintenance, group standards, minor works and line management across E&F services.

You will support the Deputy Director for Estates, Facilities & Capital, deputise in their

Qualifications

• Experience in hard services estates management.
• Experience in managing facilities soft services.
• Ability to operate at senior level in Group Wide E&F Team.

Responsibilities

• Implement professional management throughout Estates & Facilities.
• Manage hard and soft FM services & contracts, internal and external.
• Ensure compliance with statutory instruments and guidance for building fabric and engineering services.
• Lead the implementation of the group’s wider estates and facilities strategies.
• Provide direct line management for a wide range of E&F Services.
• Support the Deputy Director for Estates, Facilities & Capital in policy implementation.
• Deputise for the Deputy Director in their absence.
• Act as subject matter lead for identified services.

Skills

Hard FM management

Soft FM management

Leadership

Contract management

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join the Senior Estates and Facilities Management Team at The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

Based at Fairfield Hospital in Bury and also responsible for Rochdale Infirmary, you will be experienced in hard services estates management and ideally have experience in managing facilities soft services . You will be able to operate at senior level in our Group Wide E&F Team as well as at Local site level and be responsible for site maintenance and compliance project management, group standards, minor works and have direct line management for a wide range of E&F Services.

Support the Deputy Director for Estates, Facilities & Capital in the implementation of policy and service development.

Deputise for the Deputy Director for Estates, Facilities & Capital in his/her absence.

Act as subject matter lead for identified specific services as required.

• You will be responsible for the implementation of professional management throughout Estates & Facilities.
• To manage hard and soft FM services & contracts, both internal and external, in addition to all levels of directly employed staff, to ensure the delivery of operational estates and facilities services.
• To be responsible for managing and complying with all statutory instruments and guidance ensuring best practice related to building fabric and engineering services.
• To lead the implementation of the group’s wider estates and facilities strategies.
• Responsible at site level for the professional and technical management of highly specialised areas of Estate and Facilities Management including Electrical Installations, Medical Gases, Critical Patient Support Systems, Fire Safety, Security Systems, Lifts, Special Working Conditions and Patient Environment etc.
• To deliver all E&F regulatory standards and ensure compliance with national standards and policies.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Montgomery Job title: Deputy Director Estates, Facilities & Capital Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07907979689

For an informal discussion or site visit please do not to contact Andrew Montgomery, Deputy Director for Estates, Facilities & Capital on 0790 7979 689 or email to [e-mail]