Job overview

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Director of Estates and Facilities to lead and shape the Trust’s estate, infrastructure and facilities services at a time of significant transformation and investment.

This executive leadership role provides strategic and operational accountability for the Trust’s built environment, ensuring it remains safe, resilient, sustainable and capable of supporting high‑quality patient care and staff wellbeing, now and into the future. Working closely with the Executive Team, clinical leaders and system partners, the Director will align estates strategy with clinical transformation, workforce needs and long‑term organisational priorities.

The post holder will provide visible leadership across all three Trust sites – Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital and Andover War Memorial Hospital – and will play a key role in shaping the Trust’s capital programme, sustainability ambitions and statutory compliance assurance.

Main duties of the job

• Provide strategic, professional and operational leadership for all Estates and Facilities services across the Trust.
• Lead the development and delivery of the Trust’s Estates Strategy, master planning, capital investment and infrastructure programmes.
• Hold corporate responsibility for statutory compliance, assurance and risk management relating to the built environment.
• Ensure the safe, resilient and effective operation of all hard and soft facilities management services.
• Act as the Trust’s subject‑matter expert for estates and facilities, providing expert advice to the Board, Executive Team and regulators.
• Lead major capital projects and redevelopment schemes, ensuring strong governance, financial control and delivery to plan.
• Drive sustainability, Net Zero and environmental objectives within the estates and facilities portfolio.
• Provide inspirational leadership to a large, multidisciplinary workforce, promoting engagement, development and high performance.
• Manage significant revenue and capital budgets, ensuring value for money and continuous improvement.
• Maintain a visible leadership presence and effective working relationships across Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital and Andover War Memorial Hospital.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Your Next Career Move Made Easier – Accommodation May Be Offered

We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability.  If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017