Associate Director of Estates and Compliance

at  Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Director of Estates & Facilities to join the Building, Engineering and Maintenance Team. The role is responsible for designing and implementing engineering service structures and services in a large and complex healthcare environment where innovation and service development are key to managing a compliant and effective service for the Staff, Patients and Visitors.
We are looking for an experienced, dedicated and enthusiastic individual who has past experience of working as part of a Building, Engineering and Maintenance Team, ideally in a healthcare environment and have evidence of previous estates and facilities management at a senior level.
Please note: this is an operational role and will require you to be routinely on-site at any of the Trust premises
The Associate Director of Estates and Compliance has overall responsibility for the entire Essex Partnership University Trust Maintenance, Compliance, Technical and Sustainability functions and associated engineering systems. Plus the oversight of the estate backlog maintenance and the estates patient safety programmes. The post holder will ensure that the estates support services run efficiently from both a technical and financial perspective which will include the management of a budgets circa £9m both revenue (including Hard FM and utilities) and allocated capital budgets.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
Season Ticket Loans
NHS discounts for staff
Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for details.

ROLE SUMMARY

Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT) has an estate of some 140 sites ranging from a 100 Bedded Secure Unit down to a single room in a Medical Centre building. Several properties are leased from NHSPS plus local authority and independent landlords. In reverse we lease our own properties to other Trusts. There are two PFI properties in the portfolio and we have some wholly owned properties – all of which add to complexity of maintaining the Estate.
In recent years separate estates teams in the North/South and West Essex have been brought together under EPUT and the process of merging the teams is ongoing.
The Associate Director of Estates and Compliance has overall responsibility for the entire Essex Partnership University Trust Maintenance, Compliance, Technical and Sustainability functions and associated engineering systems. Plus the oversight of the estate backlog maintenance and the estates patient safety programmes. The post holder will ensure that the estates support services run efficiently from both a technical and financial perspective which will include the management of a budgets circa £9m both revenue (including Hard FM and utilities) and allocated capital budgets.
The post holder will be educated to Master’s level and have a strong association with a professional body. The post holder will have overall responsibility for the continued safe operation of the estate and the day to day oversight of the granular detail that provides safe and effective outcomes that are measured against a combination of national standards and locally agreed quality metrics.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The post holder is responsible for monitoring the Estates Department’s Operational efficiency along with strict compliance against the National Safety Standards and Regulatory Procedures as set out in HTM’s and HBN’s and the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and other statutory mandates. This responsibility extends to the complete EPUT estate as a single unbounded entity.
The post holder will regularly monitor the maintenance task flow performance across the EPUT Estate, while supporting the ISO Quality Management system vison and outcomes. Additionally the Associate Director of Estates and Compliance will ensure the correct resources are available to deliver the services required. He/she will support the development of the Estates staff training programme to ensure the current and long term competencies are available to deliver both the Trust objectives and the Estates Maintenance Strategy