Job overview
The New Hospital Programme is more than building hospitals, it’s a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of healthcare in England. We’re delivering over 40 new hospitals that will be modern, sustainable and built around the needs of patients and staff. We’re looking for people who care about purpose, who thrive in complex environments and who want to help deliver change at scale for future generations.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of the role is to be the Head of Discipline for Civil and Structural Engineering for the New Hospital Programme, under the delegated authority of the Chief Engineer. This will include ensuring that the Hospital 2.0 products and spatial designs deliver the Programme requirements, meet standards and are technically assured.
Key responsibilities:
- Technical authority and leadership for the Civil and Structural Engineering discipline. Defining, implementing and optimising the Design & Engineering strategy for civil and structural.
- Providing input to and directing the Programme Delivery Partner design team on all matters related to civil and structural engineering. Overseeing and driving the definition, embedding and optimisation of interfaces, ways of working and accountabilities with the Programme Partner
- Overseeing the design deliverables from the Delivery Partner to ensure that the creation and development of Reference Designs meet standards and requirements.
- Review and accept the assurance deliverables for this discipline from the Delivery Partner, in support of the NHP governance process.
- Provide advice and support to NHP Trusts as appropriate to ensure they are able to successfully adopt the NHP civil and structural designs into their schemes (expert advice). Manage specific engineering challenges or clarifications related to Hospital 2.0 designs.
- Initiate and support value management/engineering initiatives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
For more information on the NHP programme
Due to ongoing organisational change and developments, aspects of this role may be subject to change.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge and understand that NHS England is currently undergoing a consultation process to finalise its structure, which may impact this role.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Strong leadership and management skills to oversee the development and implementation of the Reference Design and standard components.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to engage with a variety of stakeholders.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills to assess the effectiveness of the national Reference Design in meeting transformational briefs, spatial requirements, and standards.
- Strategic thinking and decision-making abilities to define non-clinical standards, master planning, and test fit guardrails for schemes.
- Proficiency in BIM tools and software to ensure the integrity and coherence of the Reference Design.
Values
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive experience in the design and construction of facilities (ideally healthcare), with a focus on developing Reference Designs and standard components
- In-depth knowledge of national and international healthcare facility design standards, guidelines, and best practices.
- Knowledge of modular construction processes and the ability to ensure that design specifications align with constructability requirements.
- Understanding of spatial design principles and their application in healthcare facility design.
- Experience in reviewing and aligning design solutions with clinical briefs and standards.
Desirable
- Knowledge of whole-life design principles, sustainability, digital, low carbon initiatives, and emerging building design standards in the healthcare sector.
Qualifications
Essential
- A bachelor's degree or master’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
- Professional accreditation or registration with a relevant architectural or engineering body.
Desirable
- Membership in professional organisations or associations related to architecture, engineering, or healthcare facility design and construction would be beneficial. For example, membership in the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) or the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
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