Head of Estates

The postholder is responsible for managing the estate's team to help deliver the corporate aims, objectives and objectives of the Trust. The postholder will provide specialist advice and guidance for estates on technical and compliance matters relating to all aspects of the Trust's Estate.
The post-holder will ensure that the Trust's estate complies with Statutory Legislation, Health Technical Memorandum's (HTM's), Codes of Practice and meets patient and service needs. The will manage the EME team and services, as the Trust's Senior Operational Manager, whilst also being competent to line manage the Authorised Person/s, in the areas listed below and as defined within HTM-00 for:-
Operational Engineering Management
Electrical Services
Mechanical Services
Building Fabric
Maintenance
Minor Improvement Works
Energy Management
Service / Maintenance Contracts
Grounds and Gardens
Fire, Management of devolved budgets including authorised signatory, planning and forecasting expenditure, producing costs savings and improving value for money in line with the Trusts Standing Financial Instructions and to ensure that appropriate audit mechanisms are in place.
Annually agree with the department's management accountant the budget for the department and maintain and monitor effective systems of financial management to ensure delegated budgets are controlled within allocation. Ensure that variations to expected expenditure are traceable and corrective action taken as necessary.
Identify and agree with the Director devolved cost improvement programmes (CIPs) and efficiency programmes and implement and monitor progress against agreed targets. Establish an appropriately sized benchmarking group against which to analyse and compare the performance of the maintenance department.
Ensure that the department complies with the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions (SFI's) and obtains the necessary number of quotations/tenders from suitably qualified and approved firms or suppliers.

Working for our organisation
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.
A centre of excellence, with an international reputation for pioneering advanced techniques and treatments. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes.
At QVH we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends.
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.

Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.
In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of 'spoke' sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to patients' homes as is possible. With the recent addition of video led 'virtual' consultations we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.
Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients' lives.
We also offer attractive benefits such as
+ tailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmes
+ flexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needs
+ a dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes
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Sustainability
At Queen Victoria Hospital we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that wants every member of staff to be a green champion. The way in which the Trust works has a significant impact on the organisation's carbon footprint and that of our patients. From the heat, light and power supplies within the hospital to avoiding unnecessary patient journeys, the Trust is empowering all staff to create a sustainable health and care environment for future generations. The Trust expects all staff to reuse and recycle more, to use energy and water efficiently, to walk or cycle to work if you can, and to have a focus on sustainability in the workplace.
You can view our Green Plan here: Green Plan - Queen Victoria Hospital (qvh.nhs.uk)