Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 0800-1600)
- Job ref
- 262-A-26-8029316
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Cumberland Hospital
- Town
- Whitehaven
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Estates Information Officer *Internal*
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY
Provides business information support to the Estates directorate at West Cumberland Hospital. Has overall responsibility for managing, maintaining and developing the directorate database and filing system. Provides supervision, training and support to own staff within Estates.
Main duties of the job
Provision of an effective Estates service to NHS North Cumbria Integrated Care Hospitals to ensure the Trust provides a safe and efficient environment for the delivery of high quality healthcare services satisfying the requirements of Healthcare Commission. Provide 24 hour estates support services to the West Cumberland Hospital site and 3rd party organisations in line with service level agreements (SLAs) or other agreements in place for premises / services.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Excellent opportunities for development*
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Operation and maintenance of engineering and building services.
- • Computer literate
- • Equality legislation and best practice.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of interpreting Mechanical, electrical and building drawings and manuals, including HTM’s.
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Advanced IT skills.
- • Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- • Working knowledge of Risk Assessments
- • Good organisational skills.
- • Ability to use initiative appropriately.
- • Ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines.
- • Able to interpret instructions.
- • Good time management skills.
- • Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- • Effective communication skills including verbal, written and presentation skills.
- • Strong multi-tasking and organisational skills
- • Effective judgment skills.
- • Minute taking.
- • Meticulous
- • Adaptable to changes in work practices and technology.
- • Self motivated and confident.
- • Able to adopt flexible working patterns.
- • Prepared to attend update courses both regionally and nationally, to further vocational qualifications that will benefit the Trust.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Relevant degree or equivalent experience within a building maintenance service setting.
- • 1st line management qualification.
- • Time served craftsperson or extensive Business administration experience/financial Management experience.
Desirable criteria
- • IOSH Managing Safely
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharron Sander
- Job title
- Estates Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01946 523791
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