Job summary
Employer heading
Head of Technical (Band 8d)
NHS AfC: Band 8d
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Technical to join us in developing our plans for a new hospital for Airedale. On 25 May 2023, the Government announced that Airedale General Hospital will be rebuilt by 2030, in recognition of the current structural issues facing the existing hospital.
This is a once in a generation opportunity to be involved in a major hospital development and we are seeking an enthusiastic Head Technical to join our team and help to take our scheme forward.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be comfortable operating in an environment of significant complexity and ambiguity, and be adept at fostering collaboration within the operating environment as well as demonstrating good judgement, offering guidance and support. They will role model behaviours that live our organisational values of collaboration, even-handedness, involvement, and impact, and encourage similar behaviours in colleagues.
The programme team is a newly developing team and will be based at Airedale General Hospital whilst offering a range of flexible and agile working opportunities. There is likely to be a small amount of off-site travel to support local events and activities as required.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details of the role please see attached the full job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Chartered professional and membership of appropriate construction related or engineering professional institution.
- Masters degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent experience
- Experience in NHS or other politically high-profile organisations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of delivering Estates, Facilities and Capital construction and equipment projects in a healthcare setting
- Significant experience of managing or supporting significant economy-wide change programmes within the public sector
- Proven track record of successful and sustained management in an NHS Trust or similar organisation
- Expertise in construction management
- Expertise in budgeting and cost management
- Expertise in scheduling
- Expertise in planning, and risk & issue management
- Experience of Policy or service development
- Experience of governance and business case approval processes
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the New Hospital Programme
- General awareness of the national guidance on identifying and managing Reinforced Aerated Autoclaved Concrete (RAAC
- Strong knowledge of construction methodologies including MMC
- Good understanding of M&E systems in healthcare
- Good knowledge of healthcare regulations/standards set by CQC
- Good knowledge of sustainable policies and NZC aspirations
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alastair Stewart
- Job title
- Programme Director – Securing the Future
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294013
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