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Job summary

Main area
Estates & Facilities Management
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
236-NCA-EA027-24-A
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Royal Oldham Hospital
Town
Oldham
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 Salary dependant on experience
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/06/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Estates Officer

Band 8a

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join the Estates Management Team at The Royal Hospital site which is part of the NCA NHS Group.

The NCA was created by bringing together staff and services from two NHS Trusts, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of over 19,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond – come and take your place with us. 

Main duties of the job

You will be experienced in hard services estates  management with a engineering background who will be able to project manage, monitor works and compliance and lead and manage a team.

You will be responsible for the implementation of professional management throughout facilities & estate engineering and building operations including planned maintenance, defect maintenance. Support the Estates & Facilities General Manager in the implementation of policy and service development. Deputies for the Estate & Facilities General Manager in his/her absence.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk 

In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups.  Appointment will be based on merit alone.

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

Essential criteria
  • HNC/Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or construction
Desirable criteria
  • Masters Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering/Construction

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Extensive Knowledge of highly complex Hospital Technical Memorandums (HTM's)
  • Substantial post qualifications experience in Electrical or Mechanical services
Desirable criteria
  • Proven extensive estates operational experience within an acute hospital environment
  • Training in electrical or mechanical services and/or building fabric as appropriate

Other

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of health and safety issues within a healthcare environment
Desirable criteria
  • Clean driving licience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrew Montgomery
Job title
Deputy Director Capital Estates & Facilities
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01612063240
Additional information

Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm

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