Job vacancy: Deputy Head of Estates, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, BLACKPOOL

Job summary

Main area: Estates
Grade: Atlas - SO1
Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (6 Months contract)
Hours: Full time
Job ref: 382-ATL24-26

Employer: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Town: BLACKPOOL
Salary: £63,020 Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/09/2026 23:59

Deputy Head of Estates

Atlas - SO1

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Plan and deliver, through the various specialist teams within acute estates services, the active management of all aspects of hard services, making optimal use of the resources available.
 Evaluate any customer performance review reports received, relating to estates issues and where appropriate, formulate and implement action plans to improve service provision.
 Ensuring that estates division business continuity contingency plans and emergency procedures, for use in the case of estates service loss, in respect of all operational functions, are developed and available for implementation if required. In addition, ensure that all related plans are communicated to and fully understood by all estates staff.
 Contribute to and occasionally lead, on the development of selected policies and strategies in a multidisciplinary estates environment, recognising the complex integration with other departmental policies.
 Ensure that environmental and sustainable development is properly considered in all estate related decisions and liaise with the Atlas Energy Manager as appropriate.
 Produce management plans to ensure that all areas of the estate are of an acceptable standard, utilising audits and condition surveys to support the development of a 5-year backlog maintenance strategy.
 Ensure that a robust and structured Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) programme is developed following close liaison with clients and effectively implemented.
 Liaise with community estates and property services colleagues, service Leads and other key stakeholders for the purposes of sharing information regarding the optimum use of and any potential rationalisation of the estate.
 Develop and present business cases where appropriate and ensure that such schemes and projects are adequately funded and resourced.
 Support the provision of a comprehensive operational risk approach with responsibility for the day-to-day estates risk register including review, update, forward planning and reporting.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to a professional level in a relevant discipline e.g., building services, engineering electrical, mechanical, estates management, surveying or similar.
Current professional registration member of relevant professional body, e.g., Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM), The Institution of Engineering and Technology or be working towards this.
Management qualification or equivalent leadership experience
Evidence of CPD – Continuing professional development
IOSH Managing Safely

Desirable criteria

Prince 2 project management qualification or equivalent
Degree i.e., BA
Appropriate postgraduate and/or professional qualifications in a relevant discipline as above
Registered as an Incorporated Engineer or be working towards this.
NEBOSH Certificate

Knowledge & Experience: General

Essential criteria

The ability to think strategically and develop plans.
Experience of working within a complex and challenging environment, managing relationships with multiple stakeholders.
Good level of competence and proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite of programmes, in particular Excel, word and PowerPoint.
A high standard of written skills, evident in report writing.
Good information presentation skills, evident in use of graphics and design of reports.
Excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex, sensitive contentious technical information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
The ability to interpret and understand highly complex statistics and sensitive or contentious information.
Ability to monitor complex contracts.

Knowledge & Experience: Specialist

Essential criteria

Detailed Knowledge and experience of and proficient in the use of estates computer management systems, for example Building Management software / database Systems (BMS) and Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM), MICAD, QFM
Experience of managing a large multi-disciplinary Estates service within an environment of comparable scale and complexity.
Successful track record of negotiating Estates & Facilities services contracts.
Detailed knowledge and awareness of legislation relating to Estates and Facilities management.
Extensive knowledge and experience of practical engineering applications and working with and on engineering systems within complex organisations and environments.
Experience in managing estates construction, maintenance and physical assets of several major services across a whole organisation.
Achievement in successful change management and managing successful Projects.
Knowledgeable in the manipulation of fine tools, materials, equipment and computerised technical drawings.
Proven track record of delivering service provision to high professional standards.
Knowledge of service planning and an understanding of its relevance and impact on the services provided by the Estates Directorate.
Knowledge of Health & Safety and fire safety legislation and good practice.
Detailed knowledge of NHS property & Estates related guidance, e.g., Health Building Notes (HBNs) and Health Technical Memorandum (HTM’s)
A sound understanding of the legal and financial aspects of major property projects and transactions.
Excellent knowledge and experience of statutory / regulatory returns such as the annual Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC) and Premises Assurance Model (PAM) and the requirements of the 6-facet survey

Desirable criteria

An excellent understanding of national guidance on NHS Estates Management processes.

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If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50.

You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.

Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.

DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.

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Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.

Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.

Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.