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Job overview

The Estates & Facilities Directorate is responsible for management of estate, facilities and capital developments for the Trust,

The Trust requires a Senior Project Manager with extensive knowledge of construction, to undertake a variety of capital developments. Typically, the value of schemes is in the region of £20,000 to £11m and includes the management of Construction projects, in-house and via external consultants. You will also be expected to design, tender and manage smaller Construction projects independently without reverting to Consultants.

Main duties of the job

The post requires solid experience of developing briefs and designs, compiling project documentation, managing complex projects, contract administration, budget control and commissioning; all undertaken whilst maintaining close communication with clinical staff and stakeholders. 

The post will also manage and co-ordinate the output of 2 project managers, reporting on progress and cost to the Head of Estate Development

A construction related degree or membership of a professional body is preferred but this may not be necessary if relevant experience can be demonstrated.  Mobility is essential so you will hold a full driving licence. This is an office based post.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care