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United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

About

The United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) is one of the largest trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire.

We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 8,600 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over £400m each year to provide and we invest around £18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.

Contact

Address: Recruitment Service; Lincoln County Hospital; Greetwell Road; Lincoln; Lincolnshire; LN2 5QY
Contact Number: (01522) 597736

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Ref: 357-LN-137-25-QIA236 Vacancy ID: 7177335

Deputy Head of Estates - Band 8b - QIA Ref 236

Accepting applications until: 26-May-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 26-May-2025 23:59

Location

Site: Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals Group
Address: Lincoln County Hospital
Town: Lincoln
Postcode: LN2 5QY
Major / Minor Region: Lincolnshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8b)

Specialty

Main area: Estates and Facilities Directorate

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!

ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.

We are a People Promise exemplar site, for more information on the NHS People Promise - NHS England » Our NHS People Promise

As a responsible employer ULTH would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULTH where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULTH for this cost.

We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.

You are:

A Service Leaver
A Veteran
A Military Reserve
A Cadet Force Adult Volunteer
Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Professional knowledge acquired through degree, or equivalent, plus specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate courses, and experience to masters or equivalent level in an engineering or building related subject

Desirable criteria

Management Qualifications to Diploma level
DP/RP/AP training and experience
Accredited H&S qualifications e.g NEEBOSH, IOSH
Evidence of continued professional development

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

Proven Estates management Experience in a senior level in a complex organisation, to include staff management/ supervisory responsibilities and change management in a unionised environment
High level of regulatory knowledge, skills and experience in maintenance services
CAFM and strategic skills, knowledge and experience in the effective development and management of assets and PPM strategies
High level of understanding and management of Finances, in particular SFI's within a Healthcare organisation
Procurement experience in the development of specifications, tenders in estates services and contract management
Broad and high level experience in Regulations, statutory, mandatory and best practices for estates maintenance services

Desirable criteria

Previous NHS Acute Hospital experience, including good level of HTM/HBN and other DoH Guidance
Confident in the use of Computer software packages such as Excel, Work, Power Point
Experience and knowledge of CAFM Systems

Knowledge, Skills and Apitudes

Essential criteria

Excellent interpersonal and relationship skills with a particular emphasis on influencing and negotiating to manage and deliver contractual SLA compliance, exercising diplomacy and tact in sensitive situations
Excellent prioritisation skills to effectively manage competing and/or conflicting demands
Ability to analyse and solve complex operational challenges
Excellent planning and organisational skills.
Ability to interpret complex legislative information and technical specifications and apply policy and/or service development.
Ability to manage large revenue budgets covering physical assets and projects across multiple sites.
Excellent Project management and negotiation skills
Excellent presentation skills, confident communicator and high quality written reporting skills

Desirable criteria

Well understood financial management and budget understanding
Well-developed IT skills.

Specific Requirements

Essential criteria

Able to cope with a fast moving challenging role.
Experience of multi-agency team working and developing relationships across organisational boundaries within both the public and private sectors.
Ability to engage with staff, local communities and service users/customers as part of a programme of work to deliver better results.
Demonstrably able to work in a fluid and highly dynamic environment.
Able to work with a great degree of flexibility and adaptability.
Extremely diligent in the processing of complex information to ensure accuracy and efficacy.
Ability to deal with frequent periods of intense concentration.
Customer focused and driven on by fulfilment in reaching high standards/quality.
Flexible, pragmatic and innovative approach to problems and working practices.
Empathetic and willing to use a range of communication skills to achieve goals.
Ability to work on own initiative as well as plan and organise own and team’s workload.
Able to perform and deliver under pressure of competing deadlines/difficult circumstances.