Deputy Head of Estates

2 weeks ago

Hove, United Kingdom Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Due to the retirement of the current postholder, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Head of Estates to join the Estates and Facilities Directorate at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Reporting directly to the Head of Estates and Minor Works, you will be re sponsible for assisting with the strategic development and operational delivery of the full range of hard FM services across the Trust. This will include the management and provision of statutory, planned and reactive maintenance of assets, sites and buildings, ensuring efficient and reliable operations.
The postholder will be a member of the Estates & Facilities senior operational management team, participating in the overall management of the Directorate’s activities and the achievement of the corporate objectives of the Trust.
The post holder will be required to participate in the Estates and Facilities On Call Rota.
You will be accountable for delivery of high quality, timely and proactive hard services, to ensure the integrity of building fabric, building services and grounds across the Trust and those provided by Service Level Agreements and through third party contracts.
Establish, maintain, monitor and develop key performance indicators and set service levels and standards for hard facilities services, tailored to the requirements of the Trust service units.
Ensure all statutory and mandatory maintenance is completed and the appropriate certifications are in place.
Develop and operate a risk assessment and management system ensuring high standards and systems of work.
Be accountable for the daily management of Estates hard services staff.
Ensure effective emergency and out of hours estates services are in place and manage their delivery.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of specialist services across south east England for people with mental health problems and learning disabilities. We care for people of all ages, from children and young people through to older people with conditions such as dementia.
We provide hospital and community mental health services from more than 160 locations across Sussex. Our estate covers a floor area of some 90,000 square meters which is about the size of 17 football pitches.
**It is made up of**:
∙ 49 Freehold properties
∙ 48 Leasehold properties, and
∙ 5 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) properties.
These include 45 inpatient wards and homes, with a total of 702 beds, some 73 community team bases and 30 corporate buildings.

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