Head of Estates (Trustwide)

Job overview

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe with a reputation for high quality patient care, research, development and education. The Projects and Estates Department plays an instrumental role within the Trust by managing critical infrastructure, maintenance, and projects across its entire estate which directly impacts on frontline clinical care, cutting edge global research, infection prevention and control and energy efficiency.

We have a position within our Estates Department, which provides excellent opportunities to drive improvements in our buildings and infrastructure and manage the delivery of Estates services. We are seeking someone who will find fulfilment from the role knowing that they will be making a real a difference to patients, staff and cancer outcomes on a daily basis and are motivated committed to lifelong learning.  We are looking for a committed, highly self-motivated, to join the Estates Team and to take ownership to actively embrace the responsibilities of this post as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

1.1.    The purpose of the role is to use sound business and engineering judgement to manage the Estate and services efficiently for a cancer specialist Trust.

1.2.    Directly support the Director & Deputy Director of Estates on all aspects of Estates workforce, estate condition and service delivery.

1.3.    Lead on delegated change initiatives to drive continuous improvement and increased productivity in response to the changes in the NHS & Trust Strategic plans.

1.4.    Deputise for the line manager during periods of absence. Interpret legislation and regulations including NHS and good industry practice guides in order to achieve compliance with them and eliminate/reduce risks. Knowledge of the full range of Hospital infrastructure and building services and maintain CPD.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification

• Be a key member of the Projects and Estates Department and support the drive to increase efficiency and workforce productivity. Overall responsibility for performance of the Estates operational team Trust wide and continuously adapting the service considering the strategic, political & other drivers particularly financial and workforce. Monitor the performance of the Estates and Estates services using benchmarking and other management techniques including NHSi Model Hospital and PAM toolkits. Actively collaborate with NHS and other Trusts.
• Taking full ownership of delegated budget and maintaining a committed and motivated workforce. Maintain the Estate in a safe, compliant and efficient manner. Develop strategic and leadership skills and drive positive, productive change throughout the department.
• Managing the Estates safe systems of work to ensure safety, compliance (statutory, NHS & Good Industry practice), maintain resilience and effective operational performance and support Trust business continuity
• Develop and enhance relations with Trust senior managers, Divisional Directors and key staff such as IPC to agree and negotiate changes in order to deliver operations & maintenance.