Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
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Job overview
A permanent vacancy has arisen within the Estates & Facilities Directorate for an experienced and motivated Estates Manager to join Barts Health NHS Trust. This role is ideal for candidates with a strong Estates Management background who are looking to advance their careers within a highly specialised and supportive hospital environment.
As a key member of the St Bartholomew’s Hospital Estates team, you will lead the strategic and operational management of the building fabric to maintain a safe, compliant, and high-quality environment. While your focus will be the iconic St Bartholomew’s site, balancing modern clinical needs with Grade I listed heritage, you will be part of a larger mission to deliver excellence across one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers.
For an informal discussion please contact: Gareth Boddy (gareth.boddy@nhs.net)
Main duties of the job
In this vital role, you will oversee the structural integrity and compliance of the hospital’s infrastructure, ensuring the building fabric supports the world-class care provided at the Barts Heart Centre and throughout the site. Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing multidisciplinary estates team and specialist contractors to ensure high standards of fabric maintenance, from heritage sash windows to modern roofing systems.
- Ensuring statutory compliance across critical areas, including Fire Door safety (HTM 05-02) and Asbestos Management, acting as an Authorised Person for the Hospital.
- Managing complex fabric projects, including “Regent Street Disease” remediation, drainage overhauls, and security enhancements, while maintaining the hospital’s risk register.
- Coordinating reactive and planned maintenance via CAFM systems to minimise disruption to clinical services and preserve our historic estate.
- Fostering a culture of excellence, providing the training, technical guidance, and business case support your team needs to succeed.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment
Person specification
Qualifications
- To have served a recognised apprenticeship and educated to HNC/HND level in a building service, mechanical or electrical engineering discipline or have equivalent experience
- A good working knowledge of Health & Safety principles within engineering and building fabric systems.
- An evidenced knowledge of statutory compliance with all relevant Estates and Engineering systems and building elements.
Experience
- Experience of healthcare building services, maintenance management of multi skilled teams across multiple sites.
- Experience of preventative and reactive maintenance.
- Experience of information systems for the management of maintenance activity (Concept CAFM System).
- Experience of allocating planned and reactive work to the in-house team and contractors. Proven ability to performance manages both work streams.
- Experience of successfully managing a budget and identifying cost savings. Ensuring timely provision of accurate reporting on activity and spending.
- Experience of Financial Instructions in relation to procurement, management, and commissioning of external contracting services.
Knowledge
- Ability to provide expert advice to service end users, on a wide range of Estates management issues.
- Ability to maximise the use of allocated resources in the achievement of set objectives.
- Ability to lead and motivate Estates team. Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines. Able to work on own initiative and within a team.
Skills
- Good inter-personnel skills, managing a team and individuals.
- Good influencing and motivation skills.
- Able to work under pressure and meet demanding deadlines.
- Ability to build relationships with all staff groups.
- Proven performance orientated and customer focused measured service delivery
Other
- Excellent communication skills and ability to discuss Estates issues with all levels of management.
- Ability to explains and promote Estates services to internal and external clients.
- Ability to present complex service developments to clinical stakeholders.
- Ability to effectively deal with complaints and resolve difficult service-related matters.
This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met.Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
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