Job summary
This is a role which will be key to the Trust's role as leader and influencer in South East London and to achieving Essentia's strategic ambitions. The role is highly autonomous and ultimately accountable for interpretations of legal and national policies and interpreting this into a deliverable strategy and operational practice that ensures GSTT sites are compliant.
This is a pivotal leadership position responsible for leading the engineering and building governance strategy, operational procedures, competency and operational auditing for all infrastructure services across Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
The role will be responsible for leading infrastructure strategies and development to ensure the estate and associated building and engineering infrastructure is fit for purpose, legally compliant, whilst monitoring that the teams meet all technical and legal requirements.
The successful candidate will possess a high level of financial acumen, technical expertise, the ability to lead major function transformation to deliver operational excellence, patient, staff and visitor safety, and effective management of the estates backlog using risk-based prioritisation methodologies.
Main duties of the job
Lead the infrastructure strategy for the GSTT estate, ensuring it is legally compliant, safe and with appropriate levels of resilience.
Drive a safety culture with the team and with all suppliers to ensure the delivery of a safe, healthy and secure environment for patients, staff and visitors
To ensure that an effective governance strategy is in place to evidence organisational compliance with engineering related legislative requirements.
To ensure suitable and sufficient operational policies and related processes are in place and monitor that this is embedded.
Development and ongoing maintenance of a detailed dashboard to report against compliance.
Provide technical and engineering support and coaching as necessary to ensure all Responsible Persons and other designated persons are able to carry out their duties; and to assist in the development of RPs, CPs and other designated persons to provide a balanced succession plan
Continuously monitor and review services; identify and implement service, operational and financial improvements to deliver within allocated budgets, improving value for money, including being responsive to changing business needs.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark
The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member, and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.
Interest free Season Ticket Loan
Long Term Service Awards
Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers
A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme, '5 ways to a healthier YOU'
Ride to work scheme
Employee assistance programme
Free stop smoking service
Our Trust values: We are Caring / Ambitions / Inclusive
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- Education to Masters degree level, in an engineering discipline alongside additional in-depth professional training and specialist knowledge
- Chartered Engineer (CEng).
- Authorised Person/Responsible Person training/qualifications, or equivalent demonstrable competence and experience relevant to appointed duties under Trust technical governance.
- Health and safety qualification (e.g., NEBOSH Diploma, IOSH) or equivalent health and safety knowledge and experience relevant to the role.
Desirable
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in all of the technical areas within the post holder's span of control.
Professionals/ Statutory Registration
Essential
- No statutory professional registration is specified for this post; any role-specific Authorised Person/Responsible Person appointments must be supported by competence, training and formal Trust appointment under technical governance.
Previous experience
Essential
- Extensive, successful track record of leading engineering functions within an estates, facilities, infrastructure or similarly complex built environment.
- Extensive, successful track record of leadership and achievement at a senior level in a relevant large, complex environment.
- Experience of organisation-wide policy development, interpreting legislative and other requirements.
- Detailed understanding of the engineering requirements within a complex NHS environment or equivalent highly regulated setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent understanding and specialist knowledge of NHS estates services and infrastructure governance.
- Highly developed communication skills, with ability to communicate highly complex information where exceptional influencing skills are required.
- Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust-wide and local performance expectations.
- Extensive knowledge of financial management, procurement and contract management.
- Ability to communicate complex technical, compliance and risk information clearly to clinical, operational, board-level and external audiences
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to analyse, synthesise and interpret highly complex data, filtering and interpreting information to identify and focus on issues to be addressed, developing plans to resolve.
- Intellectual flexibility with the ability to cut through ambiguity and complexity and to shape solution and implement a solution that provides more effective and innovative service delivery models.
- Proven strong written communication skills, in particular for complex drafting, and ability to produce & present effective business cases.
- Flexible and resilient approach, able to work under significant pressure
- Demonstrable inclusive, anti-racist and values-led leadership, including the ability to create psychologically safe teams, address discriminatory behaviour, and use data and engagement insight to improve fairness, belonging and outcomes for staff and service users, particularly for underrepresented and marginalised groups.
Additional
Essential
- Commitment to the Essentia Way - working together, doing it well and looking after each other.
- Commitment to Equality and Diversity for all and with a demonstrable leadership capacity in inclusion.
- Demonstrates commitment to anti-racist, inclusive and equitable leadership practice, including support for disabled and neurodivergent colleagues, people of all gender identities and expressions, and staff from marginalised communities.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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Employer details
Employer name
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
200 Great Dover Street
London
SE1 4YB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)
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