Associate Director of Estates and Facilities - Lincoln, United Kingdom - Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Lincoln, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Director of Estates and Facilities to join our team and lead a successful shared services department which provides key services and support across the Lincolnshire healthcare system.

The post holder will be responsible for acting as the professional lead and expert for all estates, capital, facilities and property management services in order to ensure a safe, secure and sustainable environment for our patients and staff.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring patients and visitors are treated in a safe and appropriate environment and that staff are able to effectively deliver the required care.

This is a multi-Trust-wide post, hosted by LPFT as the lead provider, which directly supports LPFT and LCHS whilst delivering strategic transformation across the wider healthcare community to deliver professional advice and support.

The role will work as part of a strong senior leadership team and be the strategic lead for the development and delivery of the Trusts estates strategic delivery plan that will support the NHS to make the best use of resources possible.

The Associate Director of Estates and Facilities is responsible for the senior leadership and associated budget management of a large shared estates and facilities service, serving the needs of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) and Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS)whilst also supporting the wider NHS healthcare community.

The post holder will work in collaboration with directors of LPFT and LCHS to set the strategic direction to develop the management of estate, facilities and capital investment in order to deliver the trust's strategies maximising the best use of resources available.

Professional lead, Senior operational manager and Trust expert for all estates, infrastructure, capital investment and facilities management with the overall responsibility for the development of strategies, policies and related compliance responsibilities for the trusts.

Responsible for management of the trusts' Health and Safety advice, Energy and Environmental Sustainability Management Local Security Management, Emergency Planning and represent the trusts at an Executive Director level on the countywide Local Health Resilience Partnership (LHRP).

To lead and represent LPFT and LCHS in delivering the Estates and Facilities Strategic Transformation schemes and One Public Estate initiatives to develop partnership working opportunities with the wider health care community to deliver the transformation strategy.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire.

Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England.

We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall.

In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.

We're really proud of this

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions.

We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Senior Leadership & management

To professionally and managerially set clear strategic and operational objectives to lead and develop the shared Estates and Facilities team

As the Trusts Senior Operational Manager the post holder will have operational and professional responsibility for compliance against the Health Technical Memorandum's through having access to robust, service-specific professional support the

To provide support and guidance, through objective setting, appraisal and the agreement of personal development plans to directly reporting staff within the Estates and Facilities team.

To plan and monitor delivery of operational requirements for the trusts' estate (consistent with available resources) to meet statutory, Care Quality Commission (CQC) and NHS compliance.

Responsible for developing systems and practices to improve the patient environment, experience and journey.

Support the trusts' Executive Directors through working jointly and collaboratively on the development of each trust's estates strategy, or to develop a joint strategy, as appropriate.

To ensure compliance with legislative requirements in all areas of the estates and facilities management process. To compile and maintain evidence to provide assurance of compliance with s