Property Manager Job at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Bodmin

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Job Description

Estates Manager

Band 6

Main area
Estates Manager
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 2 years
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
201-23-637
Site
Banham House
Town
Bodmin
Salary
£33,706 - £40,588 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/05/2023 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

  • Care based on what matters to people.
  • Care provided at home or close to home.
  • Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
  • Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

  • Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
  • Technology enabled care.
  • Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
  • Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

  • A place people love to work and feel valued.
  • Living our values with staff (all voices count).
  • Attract, grow and develop talent.
  • Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

  • Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
  • Joined-up community services.
  • Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
  • Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.


Job overview

Do you want to join a growing team and help shape the future NHS estate in Cornwall?

We’re looking for talented people with a building services background, preferably with some project management experience to cover a geographic patch within our Cornish NHS estate. We can be flexible with transferrable skills and training opportunities are also available. This is a diverse people facing role and no two days are the same, if you like variety this is the role for you.

If you are unsure and would like an informal chat to discuss the role requirements, find out a bit more about the team or discuss your application please contact Adam Peters 07770735843. There will be a requirement to travel around our estate so you will be located in Cornwall. These roles will be pivotal in providing technical support to both the facilities management and project management teams, based within the wider Estates discipline. You will be the first port of call for estates queries in the centre or west of the county, working closely with operational colleagues to ensure that their estate is suitable and safe and to offer them relevant training when required. You may be required to provide a clerk of works role on occasion.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, personable colleague who can think on their feet, thrives off working to tight deadlines, who would enjoy working in an extremely busy and fast paced environment.

Main duties of the job

This postholder will be instrumental in providing a technical support to both the facilities management and project management within the estates team. This post will be fundamental in developing Project specifications written within the HTM, HBN and national guidelines as well as providing technical support in one or more of the trusts safe system of works using their engineering expertise to support clinical and estates managers in delivering excellent care.

The role will be the first port of call to estate queries within their designated area. The individual will be the estates lead for the East of the county working directly with the Area Director and operational staff ensuring that their estate is suitable and safe. In this position they will provide a clerk of works role delivering quality assurance maintaining the standards of the Trusts contracted FM providers.

In addition, this post will be responsible for providing training of clinical staff in the management of the estate. Training will be around contract management of the current estate providers and the management of maintenance and new works.

Working for our organisation

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Just over 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

Person specification

Education, qualifications and relevant experience

Essential criteria
    • Professional knowledge within an engineering discipline acquired through degree, plus specialist post-graduate knowledge acquired through courses and/or relevant experience
    • Experience of working within a permit process
Desirable criteria
    • Membership to a suitable engineering body (e.g. CIOB, CIME)
    • PRINCE2 project management or equivalent
    • Safety qualifications - IOSH or NEEBOSH managing safely
    • Experience of a clerk of works type role
    • Knowledge and qualification of fire stopping requirements across both passive and active systems

Knowledge and Abilities

Essential criteria
    • Knowledge and experience of relevant legislation, e.g. HTMs, HBNs and SFG20
    • Ability to review contract documentation including drawings, specifications and contract conditions
    • Experience operating as a manager within an engineering discipline
    • Problem solving technical issues, fault diagnosis to ensure contractors are providing VFM
    • Supervision of contractors where required
    • Knowledge and experience of firestopping technologies and regulations within the built environment
Desirable criteria
    • Familiarity with the structure, working and culture of the NHS

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

  • Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
  • Protected CPD time for registered staff
  • Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
  • Leadership and Management development programmes
  • Coaching and mentoring opportunities
  • A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
  • Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
  • A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
  • Individual professional development programmes

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

  • Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
  • Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
  • Free DBS checks where required
  • Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
  • NHS Pension Scheme
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

We are committed to diversity and equality of employment including the employment of current and former service users.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

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