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About

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, it provides specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services.

Contact

Address: Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management Ltd; Northumbria House, Unit 7/8; Silver Fox Way; Cobalt Business Park; North Shields; Tyne and Wear; NE27 0QJ
Contact Number: 0191 203 1298 or 0191 203 1376

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Jobs

Closed

Ref: 319-7506597SC Vacancy ID: 7506597

Estates Officer

Closed for applications on: 24-Oct-2025 00:00

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 24-Oct-2025 00:00

Location

Site: Wansbeck General Hospital
Address: Woodhorn Lane
Town: ASHINGTON
Postcode: NE63 9JJ
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Permanent: On - Call

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (On call as part of role)

Salary

Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 7)

Specialty

Main area: Estates Officer

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services for all of Northumbria Healthcare Trust’s sites.

Come and work for us and we can offer you:

Competitive rates of pay
Enhanced rates of pay for working evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays
Favourable employment terms and conditions – we mirror NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions (https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook) which includes up to 33 days annual leave + bank holidays per year, generous maternity and paternity leave provisions, occupational sick pay, and much more
NHS Pension Scheme
Career development opportunities
Fantastic staff benefits including car lease, home electronics, cycle to work and priority access to vaccinations, physiotherapy, counselling, among many more
A great employee experience - we score very highly on our employee satisfaction metrics

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.

Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.

Whilst NHFM are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide a strong, inclusive and supportive leadership agenda to develop a cohesive and collaborative working culture across all Estates, Facilities and NFHM teams.
Responsible for the day to day management of Engineering, Building Craftsmen and Apprentices, undertaking appraisal interviews and disciplinary/sickness absence monitoring and allocation/prioritisation of work. Responsible for the management of contract labour working on NHFM sites.
Appoint and liaise with external contractors and consultants attending site and project meetings as and when required.
Directly responsible for the management, operation and maintenance of all life-critical Engineering services plant and equipment.
Delivery of all services in accordance with HTM and HBN requirements, maintaining adequate level of competent resource (AP, CP) and ongoing assurance compliance reporting.
Provide strong people leadership, supporting ongoing minimum target level compliance against statutory & mandatory training and staff annual appraisal.
Ensure appropriate arrangements are in place for effective and efficient scheduling and allocation of all PPM and reactive works.
Ensure all building systems and plant is maintained, operating in accordance with user requirements, set parameters and to achieve optimum efficiency, supporting energy reduction and carbon target delivery.
Attend, support Trust committees, including but not limited to Water, Ventilation, H&S, Medical gases.
Control and manage pay and non-pay budgets, ensuring that Estates and labour budgets are kept within financial limits set and to obtain the most economical use of resources and to deliver maximum value for money.

The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line CQC and statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Must hold NVQ level 4 or higher in an engineering discipline
Completed a recognised Engineering apprenticeship, or appropriate equivalent knowledge and experience.

Desirable criteria

Degree level
Hold substanital experience managing compliance, statutory and non-statutory involving all building disciplines

Experience and knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge and experience equivalent to degree level.
Highly specialist knowledge of full range of complex life critical equipment including piped medical gases, High/Low Voltage electrical systems, critical ventilation plant etc. gained through experience and professional/specialist equipment manufacturers courses.
Experience of managing complex projects across multi-Trust sites.
Extensive knowledge of all relevant NHS Estates guidance memoranda and Building/Facilities notes gained through continual personal development, experience and continuous theoretical study to maintain competence.
Extensive knowledge and experience of safe operation and maintenance of critical engineering plant and equipment gained through operational experience and internal and external professional technical courses.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other requirements

Essential criteria

It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role