Estates Manager; Contracts | University Hospitals NHS Trust

Key Responsibilities

The role of the Estates Manager is to provide a safe and efficient day-to-day management of the Trust’s operational maintenance service to all wards and departments within a multidisciplinary environment, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.

Contribute to the management and development of the Estates Maintenance function within the Estates and Facilities department.

The core duty of the role is to assist with leadership, management and development of the Estates Maintenance function to meet the needs of the department in areas of delegated responsibility.

Ensure adequate maintenance programmes and resources are in place. To have operational accountability to the Senior Estates Manager for delivery of Estates Maintenance across the area of delegated responsibility.

The post holder will be required to participate in the Estates out of hour’s on-call arrangements.

To support and deputise for the Senior Estates Manager in managing a team to ensure Building and Engineering maintenance services are delivered to a high standard.

To contribute to the achievement of good corporate governance throughout the Trusts, and direct subordinates as required, ensuring their compliance with all Trust policies and procedures.

• All Estates and Facilities staff across all disciplines.
• External Agencies / Specialist sub-contractors.
• Emergency services.
• Authorising Engineers.

• To ensure work is carried out in accordance with current legislation, codes of practice and best practice guidance.
• To ensure all work is undertaken safely observing the Trust and departments Health and Safety Policies and procedures with effective use of permit‑to‑work systems.
• Monitor efficiently using technology to work within Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators.
• Ensure the effective communication of failures and non‑conformities to Senior Estates Manager.
• To act and lead in a professional manner when undertaking tasks and duties in contact with patients, visitors, contractors and staff.
• Contribute to the development of the CAFM systems ensuring relevant records are kept up to date and readily available.
• Financial management – assist in the management of the estates revenue and capital budgets in line with delegated authorisation limits and in accordance with the Trust policies and procedures.
• To participate in regular team briefings deputising for Senior Estates Management as required.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023‑2030).

We have four primary goals:

• High‑quality care for all
• Being a great place to work
• Partnerships for impact
• Research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do – taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• We are compassionate
• We are proud
• We are inclusive
• We are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

In addition to the key job responsibilities detailed in this job description all employees at UHL NHS Trust are expected to comply with the general duties detailed below:

• Be prepared to work in hazardous areas taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment.
• All employees are subject to the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act.
• Ensure that your work methods do not endanger other people or yourself.
• All employees are subject to the requirements of the Data Protection Act and must maintain strict confidentiality in respect of patient and staff records.
• All employees must comply with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy and must not discriminate on grounds of age, colour, race, nationality or ethnic origin, religion, belief, gender, marital status, sexuality, disability, trades union…