As a valued Head of Department working with the Hospital/Hospice’s extended management team the Head of Estates and Facilities will work collaboratively across their department and with other Heads of Departments and Directors, to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of services working towards meeting the Hospital/Hospice’s three strategic objectives;
- Providing safe, outstanding quality care to our community
- Working together as one team
- Supporting a commercially successful charity
Generally working unnoticed in the background, our Estates and Facilities Team play a vital role in maintaining and improving our working environments to keep all our hospital and hospice patients, staff and visitors safe and comfortable. From repairing faulty lighting and unblocking drains through to maintaining our mixture of hospital buildings and grounds dating back over 160 years old to present, the team work hard every day to ensure that our services can deliver the care our patients need.
Located in leafy St John’s Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St John’s.
Am I the right person for this Head of Estates & Facilities role?
- Degree Level (preferable Eng./Cons. or equivalent extensive knowledge and experience in Estates and Facilities Discipline
- Formal Recognised Management Qualification
- Demonstrated experience in a line management role within Estates & Facilities or a similar setting, with a proven track record of leading front-line services
- Compliance of all statutory and regulatory requirements including Building Regulations, Environmental Health, CQC & HTM best practice
- Leadership of staff and their development
- Ability to run day-to-day operations to the highest standards, ensuring service continuity and excellence. Support the development of business cases to facilitate necessary service changes
- Ability to manage budgets and obtain best value use of hospital/hospice funds
What are the Responsibilities of this Head of Estates & Facilities role?
- Operational Estates – Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Building Services both Reactive and Planned Preventative Maintenance
- Facilities Services – Housekeeping, Catering, Portering, Security, Linen and Waste Management
- Estates Helpdesk
- Estates Statutory and Mandatory Compliance
- Health & Safety – Compliance, Auditing & Training
- Fire Strategy Planning – Compliance, Auditing & Training
- Fire Life Safety and Suppression Systems
- Capital Programme
- Budget Management
- Sustainability
- Medical Gas Plant
- Pest Control
- Postal Services
- Grounds, Garden & Trees Maintenance
Why apply for this role?
At our organisation we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer our employees a wide range of benefits;
When you become part of the HJE Family, these are some of the benefits you will receive:
- Private healthcare scheme worth up to £20,000 per year
- 27 days annual leave
- Blue Light Card discounts
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free eye check-up vouchers with contribution towards lenses
- Free newspaper and media subscriptions
- Local Business discounts
- Discount in our Hospice Charity shop
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Free Cinema Society Membership offering discounted tickets
- Personal development and training courses
- Annual events and recognition awards
- Career progression and increments
- For employees joining us from the NHS, we can provide continuation of your NHS pension
If you are ready for a new challenge and relish the chance to become part of a successful, forward thinking organisation then we would love to