Monklands Replacement Project Fm Lead

**The Role**:
The Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) team are responsible for delivering a new state of the art acute hospital on behalf of NHS Lanarkshire. The post holder will therefore work with both internal and external stakeholders in the delivery of key programme milestones and agreed outcomes.

The MRP FM Lead will be responsible for supporting the MRP Project Management Team to provide a comprehensive, professional and multi-disciplined project management service that supports successful delivery of the Monklands Replacement Project. This role is focussed on the delivery of the Soft FM (Facilities Management) Services and Systems Provision and the post holder will be required to manage multiple complex work packages. FM is a key function of the Property Support Services Division (PSSD) across NHS Lanarkshire providing services such as Domestics, Catering, Portering, Waste, Helpdesk, Switchboard, Linen, Transport and Maintenance.

The post holder will report to the Commissioning and Migration Manager, but will also take direction from the wider project senior team.

**NHS Lanarkshire**:
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

**What we'll need you to bring**:

- Be Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Have excellent soft skills, particularly in terms of communication, together with good presentation skills;
- Have specialist knowledge and experience of relevant legislation, NHSS guidance, policies and procedures, working practices within FM services including IPC and HAI SCRIBE guidance;
- Have Leadership skills to enable and support successful implementation of changes in working practices, monitor the delivery and implementation of these changes;
- Have the ability to meet the challenging requirements of changing technology;
- Have good interpersonal skills and ability to present complex data in understandable terms suitable for managers, staff and service users who may be resistant to change;
- Have experience in the use of Microsoft Project or similar package and be computer literate;
- Have sound knowledge of the operational delivery of FM Services and experience in transformational change in order to produce future service delivery plans;
- Have strong negotiating and influencing skills combined with the ability to analyse and interpret multi-faceted complex reports, providing recommendations are an essential post holder requirement;
- Have knowledge and experience of operational FM service delivery to develop service specific training packages and to present training as required to staff;
- Communication and presentation skills to able to Represent the Project in meetings/presentations to the public, staff and other internal and external stakeholders where appropriate;
- Be able to understand, interpret and deal with complex sensitive data and information during liaison with other NHS Lanarkshire wide and external stakeholders such as external advisors, the general public, local authorities and NHS Assure, respecting confidentiality of sensitive information and the ability to communicate this in a clear manner with tact and diplomacy is important;
- Hold a full valid driving licence

**It would be great if you also have**:

- Flexibility and able to work independently
- Have experience in the use of Microsoft Project or similar package
- Experience in liaising with external stakeholders

**Contract type**:

- Permanent
- Full time
- 37.5 hours

**Location and Working Pattern**:

- This role will be based within Monklands Replacement Replacement Project in University Hospital Monklands
- The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

**Looking to find out more?**:
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

**Why NHS Lanarkshire?**:
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

- A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
- A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
- Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of serv