Main Duties, Responsibilities and Key Result Areas
• Regularly communicate project updates to senior managers for the relevant Trust groups to obtain approvals to proceed. Information may include design options, detailed design, financial information, contract options and programmes. • Undertake research and keep abreast of best practice in design, construction and maintenance of healthcare buildings and provide and advise on such to clinical and non-clinical senior management and Divisional Directors. Use a variety of methodologies and approaches to triangulate research findings to support service development, configuration and redesign in line with organisational and national objectives in the context of the impact on the estate; • Liaise with other organisations, such as NHS Estates, NHS Trusts, PFI service providers, Local Planning Authority, Building Control and Fire Authority including attendance at appropriate meetings; • Deliver personally managed individual capital schemes to programme and within budget;
Technical Support and Advice: • Support the development of the Trust’s Estate Strategy and capital programme to ensure excellence of facilities is achieved within financial constraints; • Be responsible for delegated sections of the Estates Trust strategy assigned by the Assistant Director of Capital Projects. • Be responsible for providing information and recommendations to the Assistant Director of Capital Projects as part of the annual Capital Programme planning and the Trusts’ five-year plan. • Formulate long term strategic plans for a portfolio of projects and assess the impact of these plans against the long term strategies of the Trust in conjunction with the Assistant Director of Capital Projects and the Estates & Facilities Senior Management Team. • Provide professional construction management advice to the Assistant Director of Capital Projects, stakeholders and others on all aspects of capital project works of the Trust that are assigned to the post-holder • Provide specialist knowledge across a range of works and building knowledge including all relevant construction related legislation, Health Building Notes and Technical Memoranda to Clinical Leads, Projects team, Divisional Directors and various Trust Boards in person or in report format. • Manage, lead and track a programme of highly complex and specialist Capital Projects for delivery, from project briefing through to completion of works on site to the Assistant Director of Capital Projects. • Plan and organise a broad range of activities and to consider, assess and manage the impact of each project within the capital portfolio devolved from the Trust’s strategy. • Ensure time, cost and quality standards are met, with appropriate project files and records maintained. • Ensure that all development proposals and plans consider interrelated strategies and developments and advise senior management accordingly.
Management/Leadership: • Deputise for the Assistant Director of Capital Projects as and when required inclusive of undertaking line management duties, attending meetings and compiling reports; • Line manage the Trust’s Capital Projects team. Support the Assistant Director of Capital Projects to review and develop a Capital Development and Delivery team to meet the future needs of the organisation. This will involve carrying out a staffing skills mix review and advising on a robust
succession planning strategy together with a review of processes and systems;
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18 St George’s University Hospitals • Head of Capital Projects
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