General Manager - Estates and Facilities

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking applications from high calibre senior estates and facilities leaders to join the Group Capital, Estates and Facilities Team to shape and support service delivery in our Hospital Group, The Northern care Alliance.

Based at The Royal Oldham Hospital, the successful post holder will work jointly, reporting to the Group Deputy Director of Capital Estates & Facilities you will play a key role as member of the site senior leadership team as well as supporting the development of standardised, efficient service strategies to support our four Care Organisations (Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary, Salford Royal Hospital and The Royal Oldham Hospital) and community estate.

You will have responsibility for leading and developing the Estates and Facilities teams for your site and for the development of Group wide, efficient and reliable management of the Estates Hard FM infrastructure and Facilities Soft FM service, proividing a high quality, proactive and responsive service to all stakeholders.

You will ensure that the Environment including all buildings and facilities services are safe and fit for purpose, for patients, relatives, visitors and staff.

You will support the development and implementation of strategic plans and business plans for the Estates and Facilities function, ensuring that services are offered to the highest standard, run smoothly, efficiently and economically in a way which meets all regulatory and healthcare requirements.

We have four core values which are a focus for how our staff and volunteers work with each other to provide care for our patients. We think of our values as a set of guiding principles to refer to when making decisions and interacting with people and they help us to work together to continuously improve the organisation and ourselves.

These core values form part of the Organisations Performance Framework which regularly reviews how staff are performing.

Patient & People Focus

This value enables us to place the patient first we everything we do.

Continuous Improvement

This value ensures that the organisation including individual staff are always moving forwards and improving the ways things are done.

Accountability

This value enables us all to recognise our own part in keeping our organisation ‘safe, clean and personal’ in the way we care for people.

Respect

This value is about respecting patients and colleagues alike, and also the on-going reputation of the organisation.

Candidates must have significant senior experience in a complex provider organisation, including regular exposure at director level. Candidates must be able to demonstrate a strong track record of working with multiple stakeholders to support and deliver strategic and operational plans, and of successfully managing operational performance in a complex and demanding healthcare environment.

You will be a proven leader with ability to drive forward change and develop the estates and facilities workforce, culture, strategy and structure.

In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups, individuals with disabilities and women are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.