Job overview
Head of Estates - Band 8b
Fixed term 15 Months
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional Head of Estates to join our team at Tameside Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality healthcare in safe, sustainable, and patient-focused environments. We are looking for a motivated and dynamic leader to build upon the excellent work already underway and help shape the future of our estates service.
The opportunity has arisen following the promotion of our current Head of Estates, this reflects both the success of our Estates function and the Trust's ongoing commitment to innovation, transformation, and continuous improvement across our estate and facilities services.
As Head of Estates, you will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of estates services across the Trust. Working closely with the Executive Team and senior stakeholders, you will provide expert professional advice and leadership, ensuring that our estate remains safe, compliant, efficient, and fit for the future.
You will play a key role within the Estates and Facilities Directorate, supporting senior colleagues to deliver high-quality environments that enhance the experience of our patients, visitors, and staff. This role offers the opportunity to influence major programmes of work, drive service improvement, and contribute to the Trust's wider organisational objectives.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the overall management of all Estates operations (Building, Engineering, Maintenance Helpdesk, Fire, Waste, estates informatics, catering engineering & Sustainability). This includes the hospital and community sites that our organisation works from.
Delivery of the service within allocated budget, whilst identifying Divisional pressures and contributing to the Directorate TEP’s.
Liaising with Senior, Clinical & Departmental Managers to develop Estates services in accordance with national standards, mandatory controls and the Trust's corporate policies and strategies.
Provide expert specialist and professional construction, building and or engineering advice to other estates staff, directors, senior management and other associated stakeholders.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of operational management of buildings and engineering systems at an intermediate level
- Experience of managing operational services in a Hospital environment at an intermediate level
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments on complex, organization wide activities
- Experience of managing substantial financial resources
Desirable
- Experience of developing quality assurance and customer satisfaction programmes
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Qualification in Engineering, Construction or other relevant field applicable to the role
Desirable
- Member of relevant Professional Body
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist skills in management and operation of High and Low voltage electrical systems, medical gases and medical vacuum systems, steam generation and distribution, healthcare ventilation systems, legionellae control and medical equipment decontamination
- Specialist knowledge of statutory and NHS Standards applicable to the full range of building and engineering systems present in the hospital
- Knowledge of procurement techniques for specialist building and engineering maintenance services
- Knowledge of continuous service improvement & Quality Assurance techniques
- Knowledge of performance management techniques including performance management of outsourced services
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation and risk management techniques
- Good motivational and leadership skills
- Good communication skills at all levels of organizations
- Competent in the use of IT
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