Job overview

We at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity based in Gloucestershire (Countywide), for a permanent full-time role as an Electrical and Locality Lead Manager. 

The role will require the candidate to work closely with the Estates Department and other members of the wider Team to meet the workload priorities of the service. 

We are therefore looking for a professional, reliable and strong but compassionate team player to support the Estates Team in ensuring that the Trust provides a safe & secure environment for patients, staff and visitors. 

We are looking for someone who is an excellent communicator, who possesses effective teamwork and organisational skills. The ideal candidate will be someone with relevant qualifications and experience, supporting all staff working across a number of disciplines and locations to deliver high-quality work. 

The successful candidate will be proactive, reliable and flexible. A “can do” attitude is required, as well as a commitment to maintaining statutory and regulatory compliance across all disciplines. Excellent planning and organisational skills are a necessity, you must also be able to multi-task and prioritise your workload, and that of the team. 

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for ensuring the efficient use of resources that the land, buildings and property are safe and fit for purpose in accordance with statutory legislation, codes of practice & Divisional business plans. Ensuring parity of service, compliance & adherence to procedures and policies, including all statutory & non-statutory instruments including but not limited to Health Technical Memorandums, Hospital Building Notes and best practice.

Other duties include, but are not limited to:

• Leading the monitoring & management of the planned maintenance regime for electrical infrastructure and equipment. To include review and allocation of PPM's to DLO's. 
• Identifying for inclusion on a forward maintenance register, any electrical equipment that is no longer fit for purpose, obsolete or does not meet current standards
• To effectively manage the physical assets of the Trust's estate, ensuring a safe & secure environment for patients, staff & visitors. 
• To be responsible for managing a portfolio of estates electrical projects associated with the effective delivery of the Trust's strategic objectives as delegated by managers across all Trust service areas.
• To support the tendering process for capital works, maintenance service contracts and their administration
• To be the key Estates contact (representing all disciplines) for all sites within a locality, acting as a focal point for dissemination of information, actions and feedback from local managers and colleagues

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.