Head of Estates

Professionally accountable for all aspects of Estates Technical Services and Capital Development for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, including, Fire Safety, Waste and Sustainability, and associated contract management. Responsible for ensuring the provision of a safe, supportive and sustainable environment for patients that is maintained in accordance with any statutory or mandatory requirements including a CQC rating of "GOOD" as a minimum standard.

Responsible for ensuring all associated policy and procedures are developed, reviewed and implemented as required.

Must be prepared to support and cover for other Estates and Facilities Divisional functions as required within the range of skills, knowledge and experience as agreed with the Managing Director.

For the avoidance of doubt, Technical Services includes:

• Asset Management (Mechanical, Electrical and Building)
• Compliance
• Capital Development (Minor / Major Works)
• Medical Engineering
• Fire Safety (HTM 05-01)
• Health & Safety

2.1 Provide and promote effective professional leadership to ensure the delivery of cost-effective customer orientated services to the Trust and other NHS organisations in accordance with the established service level agreement.

• Provide and promote effective professional leadership to ensure the delivery of cost-effective customer orientated services to the Trust and other NHS organisations in accordance with the established service level agreement.
• Support and assist the Managing Director with the development and implementation of medium and long-term Estate and Facilities Strategies.
• Ensure a continuous improvement culture is developed and propose improvement strategies to enhance value and patient experience.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of medium and long-term operational policy and strategy in accordance with current and future proposed Statutory, Regulatory and NHS Guidance including the achievement a CQC rating of GOOD as a minimum standard.
• To manage all aspects of the Operational Maintenance, Capital planning and Clinical Engineering services.
• To lead the Premises Assurance Model (PAM) in relation to Estates services.
• Responsible for ensuring all Estates data, including evidential data related to PAM, ERIC and CQC returns are accurate and submitted within the prescribed timescales.
• To ensure that there are appropriate systems in place for the forward planning of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and risk inspections and that PPM and risk assessments are carried out in accordance with all health and safety regulations, monitoring and reporting on physical and financial delivery.
• To be responsible and accountable for Estates and Medical related Health Care Standards.
• To have Trust reaponsibility for the effective management of all aspects of utility usage and costs.
• To have overall responsibility for the appointment and management of external contracts for Building and Engineering services.

To have overall responsibility for the recruitment of specialist personnel employed to provide an audit and advisory service to the Trust in relation to the relevant Hospital Technical Memorandum (HTM) requirements. These include decontamination, medical gases, ventilation, water, fire, high and low voltage, environment and sustainability, lifts.

To ensure that suitably qualified authorised persons and engineers are appointed for all relevant HTMs including undertaking, where appropriate, the role of authorised person.

Ensure that all property and services comply with all relevant statutory instruments and Codes of Practice.

To provide expert and specialist advice on Estates related matters and apply statutory legislative guidance.

To manage the team to ensure that maximum efficiency of the Estates department is achieved.

To work pro-actively to ensure the efficient and effective operation of the department matching resources to service needs.

To undertake regular and systematic review of the processes and systems through which services are delivered, analysing problems and developing solutions to improve service delivery.

• To develop and monitor key performance indicators for Estates services and use the NHS Model Hospital dashboard and ERIC data to optimise financial and operational performance.

Provide professional and technical advice and leadership for the development and implementation of capital development schemes and technical service initiatives.

Act as a technical expert to provide advice and guidance on estate engineering services.

• Responsible for the delivery of all technical services functions including in-house and contracted services.
• Specify, control and manage technical maintenance services related operations to the building environment, fabric, engineering service, plant and equipment.
• Responsible for managing all building and engineering risk related elements including, Decontamination, Asbestos Management, Legionella Management, Lifting equipment and structural…