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Job summary

Main area
Estates
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
326-8350635-BN
Employer
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
East Surrey Hospital
Town
Redhill
Salary
£66,582 - £77,368 per annum plus high cost allowance
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/11/2026 23:59
Interview date
07/12/2026

Employer heading

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Head of Estates

NHS AfC: Band 8b

 

 

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Head of Estates to provide strategic and operational leadership for Hard FM services across Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and its associated properties. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Estates, you will oversee building, engineering and maintenance services, ensuring that our estate remains safe, compliant, efficient and responsive to the needs of patients and clinical services.
 
You will bring significant senior estates management experience gained within healthcare or another highly regulated environment, together with strong leadership, financial, contract-management and stakeholder-engagement skills. This is an excellent opportunity to shape the future delivery of Estates Services while supporting patient safety, service continuity and the Trust’s wider strategic ambitions.

Main duties of the job

For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the region's busiest providers of healthcare. It was formed on 1 April 1998 following a merger between East Surrey Healthcare NHS and Crawley Horsham NHS Trusts. We are often referred to as 'SASH'.

We run East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we have more than 700 beds and provide acute and complex services. In addition, we provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Crawley Hospital and Horsham Hospital.

Every year, over 120,000 people attend our Emergency Department, we deliver nearly 4,000 babies and almost half a million people have outpatient appointments with us.

We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of around 5,500 staff providing healthcare services to a growing population of some 744,000 people.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Criteria

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
  • A complete and accurate application
  • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
  • Evidence of essential experience for role
  • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
  • Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
  • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
  • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employer

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Barrett
Job title
Divisional Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01737768511
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