Detailed job description and main responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Capital Project Management lead (Estates capital schemes) for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Responsibility for the following budgets
  • Staff expenditure (approx. £100k)
  • Non staff expenditure (£3-5m)

• Responsible for the management of Capital Projects staff across the Trust and the appointment and management of agency staff employed in delivering capital projects.

• To undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required, consistent with the nature and grade of the post.

Please refer to the attached JD

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria

• Educated to Masters level or Professional Chartered Status or Incorporate Status (e.g. RICS, CIOB, CIBSE, ARB, RIBA)
• Able to demonstrate Project Management experience
• Able to demonstrate successfully Estate / Construction Management over five years
• Experience of managing contracts, contractors commissioning and quality assurance.
• Construction, Building Surveying experience

Desirable criteria

• Project management qualifications.
• Equivalent previous experience in similar care setting.
• Proven track record in the management of Risk and Health & Safety.

Training

Essential criteria

• Commitment and evidence in undertaking Continuing Professional Development.

Desirable criteria

• Business Planning with extensive project and financial management knowledge and experience required as post holder will be expected to develop strategic plans, which involve unpredictability and which may affect the whole organisation

Special Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience in the Acute Health Care Environment
• Project Management
• Planning and Building Regulations
• Building Surveying / Building Defects
• Healthcare Engineering
• Space planning

Desirable criteria

• NHS Estates management.
• NHS Policy and Practice.
• Performance management systems
• Health and Safety legislation
• Public sector finance and accounting practice
• Experience in operations and maintenance of buildings, engineering plant services and equipment

Behaviours

Essential criteria

• High-level of customer focus
• Honesty and integrity
• Commitment to working in partnership with and supporting others
• Commitment to personal and team development
• Acceptance of individual responsibility within a teamwork culture.
• Champion best management practice through personal example and leadership
• Flexible approach and embracing of change.
• Tact and diplomacy.

Practical Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate effectively, including strong report writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent strategic thinking, analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with a particular emphasis on influencing and negotiating skills.
• Ability to perform and deliver under pressure.
• Evidence of successful management of large scale projects
• Innovator and facilitator in identifying and developing alternative.
• Ability to chair meetings effectively to enable issues with capital projects to be resolved and taken forward.
• Post holder must have ability to deal with highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information
• Post holder must have appropriate IT skills.

Desirable criteria

• Policy development and revision
• Leading and effecting change management

General Disposition

Essential criteria

• Ability to motivate self and others
• Calm under pressure.
• The ability to work confidently, flexibly, efficiently and effectively with senior colleagues, assessing priorities, meeting deadlines, achieving the corporate objective and supporting colleagues in the achievement of personal objectives.

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Job Description (PDF, 288.6KB)
• Person Specifications (PDF, 56.5KB)
• Functional Requirement (PDF, 144.4KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Bedford Hospital Site map (PDF, 2.6MB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)