Job summary
- Main area
- Estates & Facilities
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6892321
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tameside & Glossop IC FT and Stockport NHS FT
- Town
- Ashton-U-Lyne
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing
- 21/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/02/2025
Employer heading
Joint Director of Estates & Facilities
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
Joint Director of Estates & Facilities
This is an exceptional opportunity to join two outstanding organisations at the forefront of healthcare provision, playing a pivotal role in shaping environments that enable high quality patient care and innovation. As the Joint Director, you will hold overarching responsibility for the strategic leadership and operational management of the estates and facilities across our two Trusts, ensuring our environments are safe, sustainable, and fit for the future.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with our dynamic executive teams, senior clinical leaders, and external partners. Your leadership will be instrumental in driving our commitment to sustainability, enhancing operational efficiency, and delivering on our ambitious estates transformation agenda
Main duties of the job
The Joint Director of Estates and Facilities has overarching accountability and responsibility for the Estates, Facilities and Estates-related Capital Developments at both Trusts. The postholder will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of an effective, long term estate strategy on each site, together with providing the professional leadership and operational management across their portfolio.
The Joint Director of Estates and Facilities will be the most senior responsible person, ensuring suitable and sufficient governance arrangements are embedded into the departments, which provides assurance to the Chief Executive and Trust Boards
Working for our organisation
Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT and Stockport NHS FT are two separate organisations working collaboratively with a number of Exec Directors working across both organisations.
Further information on both organisations/localities can be found in the candidate pack or by visiting the Trust websites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will be the principal adviser to the Trust Boards on all land, property, estates, facilities and development matters, including statutory and other risks that will impact on the
delivery of safe, responsive, cost-effective services.
This is a senior corporate leadership role, involving close collaborative working with the Executive Team and senior clinical staff. The role carries significant responsibility for financial management and regulatory compliance
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require a Standard DBS check at a cost of £26.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- Masters degree qualification in relevant business area.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Chartered professional qualification (e.g. Chartered Surveyor or Chartered Engineer) and significant experience gained within the field.
essential
Essential criteria
- Successfully managing a large-scale complex environment and capital programme.
essential
Essential criteria
- Experience at either director/deputy director level in a complex public sector organisation.
desirable
Essential criteria
- Relevant Chartered professional qualification (e.g. Chartered Surveyor or Chartered Engineer) and significant experience gained within the field.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jonathan Phillips
- Job title
- Director, Seymourjohn
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07817 988490
- Additional information
Please ensure your application includes the following:-
• A CV which demonstrates how you meet the criteria.
• A cover letter highlighting the aspects of the role that particularly attract you and outlining why you feel you are the right appointment for both Trusts.
• Contact details for referees (who will not be contacted without your permission).
• A contact email address and telephone numberPlease send your application by email to [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Aspen House
Stepping Hill Hospital
Poplar Grove
Stockport
SK2 7JE
- Telephone
- 01614194720 ext.117081
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