Estates & Facilities compliance and governance is concerned with how Estates directs, efficiently manages and monitors its activities and the Estate condition, to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and ensures safety of patients, visitors and staff is not compromised.

The purpose of the role is to provide Estates & Facilities compliance, property management and performance reports, and support departmental improvements. Manage staff and implementation of Estates service strategy and plans. Develop and manage performance reporting to support financial business plans and evidence Estates service achievements and added value/cost improvements.

Manage the Estates & Facilities systems and processes, to use this system to report on all aspects of the estate and its services, in order to drive improvements and increase efficiency.

Be a key member of the Trust working groups which Estates & Facilities Compliance impacts on and there may be a requirement for the post-holder to be hands on.

Main duties of the job

To ensure effective Estates & Facilities compliance and performance and reporting including managing and reporting on the close out of any statutory notices and NHS requirements.

Responsible for the line management of the Compliance team, CAFM and Help Desk function. This includes responsibility for appraisals, managing sickness absence, disciplinary and grievance matters, recruitment and selection decisions, personal and career development of staff and departmental workload and allocation. This post will also support the management of Operational Estates staff.

To undertake the implementation, management and monitoring of maintenance contracts. Arrange for contractors or in-house staff to carry out all statutory duties and maintain the records of these events in both paper and electronic format, and report back any non-compliances or concerns for, but not exclusively: Water, Electric, Ventilation, Fire, Waste, Security, Medical Gases, LOLER, PSSR, Steam, Gas and Asbestos.

Support operational staff with managing risks associated with key and critical infrastructure, and services such as water safety, ventilation, lifts, emergency generators, etc. Manage the Estates & Facilities Risk Register and Backlog Maintenance (BLM) register.

Support the development and review of Trust policies and plans including Business Continuity Disaster Recovery (BCDR), incident planning, H& S policies and contributing to decision making.

About us

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

We specialise in conditions of the eyes (corneoplastics), hands, head and neck cancer and skin cancer, reconstructive breast surgery, maxillofacial surgery and prosthetics, providing regional and national services in these areas of clinical expertise.Our world-leading clinical teams also treat more common conditions of the eyes, hands, skin, and teeth for the people of East Grinstead and the surrounding areas. In addition, QVH provides a minor injuries unit, expert therapies, a sleep service, and a growing portfolio of community-based services.Patients consistently rate QVH amongst the top hospitals in the country for quality of care.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description and personal specification.

For further information please contact Adrian Lee at Adrianlee@nhs.net or Telephone 01342 414480.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Authorised person for Ventilation (HTM 03)
• Authorised Person for Fire (HTM 05)
• Responsible Person for Water (HTM 04)
• First AId
• COSHH
• CDM
• ISOH / NEBOSH
• Held a role in compliance

Desirable

• Authorised Person for Medical Gases (HTM 02)
• NEBOSH Fire or Construction

Employer details

Employer name

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Victoria Hospital

Holtye Road,

East Grinstead

RH19 3DZ

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