Job summary
- Main area
- Estates Operations
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08:00 to 16:00 Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 156-6189418
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Project Fire Manager (Estate Operations)
Band 8a
Job overview
We want you to help us build and maintain the most modern, sustainable, progressive and forward thinking environments in which our healthcare professionals can deliver outstanding care for one and all. It’s what we have called ‘Building Brilliance’. Following significant investment in the Trust, we have developed outstanding plans for new developments which will push RCHT right to the forefront of modern hospital care.
Main duties of the job
We are now investing in our Estates team in both strategic project management and in the day to day management of our maintenance and buildings. We are interested in hearing from highly motivated, hardworking and committed individuals with experience in their field of work, as well as people looking for a change in career direction.
This is a particularly exciting time to join the team as we undergo a period of significant growth, offering excellent opportunity for progression. We have a wide range of positions available at various levels including project managers, estates officers (mechanical and electrical), supervisors and assistants, so whatever your discipline, background and experience, come and take a look at how you can form part of our brilliant team.
Working for our organisation
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.
The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.
The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.
We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.
Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum degree level (or equivalent) qualification in a building service and/or construction safety related discipline (Fire safety Design, Inspection and project delivery).
- Membership of an appropriate professional body (e.g., Institution of Chartered Surveyors or Engineers, institute of Fire Engineers MIFireE minimum grade or equivalent Fire specialism)
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) beyond degree level
Desirable criteria
- Fire Engineering Design
- Level 4 Operational Management
- FDIS Diploma
- Full and complete CPD file appropriate to the role
- HTM 05-02 Fire Safety in the Design of Healthcare premises
- Level 4 Fire Inspector certification
- Level 5 Fire engineering
- HTM 05-03 Fire Safety in the NHS: Operational Provisions
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience at working as a senior operational or strategic manager in your field of expertise
- High level of experience of working in a senior estate’s role managing capital projects
- Fully conversant with Technical drawings and building notes
- Experience of working with key stakeholders e.g., Council, Departmental Directorate, Enforcing Authorities, HSE, Building Safety Regulator, Trust Board, Patient Groups
- Leading multiple professional teams
- Business case development for major projects
- Understanding risk and management systems
- Effective budget management skills, and experience of managing high value budgets on time, and within allocated resources
- Detailed experience and knowledge of Health & Safety legislation within the construction environment (CDM 2015)
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within acute NHS Trust
- Experience in design and remediation of Fire compartmentation in complex buildings
- Conversant with emergency evacuation, Phased, progressive and defend in place
- Experience of interpreting Department of Health policies, fire legislation, design, and technical memorandum
- Working knowledge of Procure 22/23 Framework
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Steve Hill
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Estates
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557202079
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