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Job overview

Are you an experienced capital project manager looking for an exciting and challenging new role?  At Leighton Hospital, we are working on building a modern healthcare campus - a once in a generation opportunity to transform health care in mid Cheshire for the future.  The new £multimillion hospital will be a state of the art digitally enabled building providing the best care possible in a modern patient friendly environment. 

We are seeking a Senior Capital Project Manager to deputise for the Building and MEP leads as required, responsibilities will include support of the HF Construction Director, Building Lead and MEP Lead in the effective and efficient management of the total resources of the HF team. For full details of this fantastic opportunity please refer to the job description and person spec.

The friendly and collaborative Healthier Futures Programme Management team are based in their own offices on site at Leighton Hospital, Crewe. The Trust supports flexible working and is located in a great area – in a beautiful countryside setting with excellent rail and road links to Chester, Manchester and Liverpool.

This role provides an amazing opportunity to be involved in a major civil engineering project which aims to transform the welfare of the people of Cheshire well into the future.  

Applications are welcome from both public and private sectors.

Main duties of the job

·       To deputise for the Building Lead or MEP Lead as the situation requires. To support the HF Construction Director, Building Lead and MEP Lead in the effective and efficient management of the total resources of the HF team. To provide support in leadership responsibility for the New Hospital Programme Construction Team ensuring the most effective planning, development and management of all services provided.

·       To assist the HF Construction Team on this major project and associated enabling or supporting projects, taking lead responsibility for defined workstreams or packages as directed.

·       To comment upon building and engineering designs in accordance with NHS Health Technical Memorandum (HTMs) and Health Building Notes (HBNs), British Standards and all current legislation.

·       To take technical lead for defined workstreams or packages related to the management of the HF Programme works and providing accurate up-to-date advice as required.

·       To provide a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.

·       To develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with the internal and external stakeholders to achieve an effective and integrated design and construction solution.

·       To commission and project manage defined workstreams or packages, act as lead and manage staff/consultants as required.

·       Budgetary responsibility within approved scheme limits.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. 

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.

We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.