Senior Capital Project Manager - Estates and Facilities

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

About
Serving a population of over 618,000, with a workforce of around 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the UK's largest Trusts. The Trust provides a wide range of healthcare services at 5 hospitals and 16 community sites. As a Trust, our vision is to provide 5 Star Patient Care. We strongly believe that the care provided should be consistently high quality, compassionate, and provide the best possible experience for our patients and their families.

Our Values
Underpinning our vision are the norms, rituals and expected behaviours within the Trust. Our behaviours and values at work are: KIND, OPEN, INCLUSIVE.

Key details
Location: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust/ Various sites
Address: Dicconson Way, Ormskirk, L39 2AZ
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On Call)
Salary: £50,952 - £57,349 Per Annum
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Interview date: 05/11/2024

Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Estates and Facilities Department at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. We are looking to recruit an experienced, competent, self-motivated, enthusiastic, dynamic, proactive and flexible individual who will carry out the role of Project Manager in our acute PFI hospitals and community portfolio. You will have a key role in the delivery of strategic major and minor projects across the Estate, all with varying complexity, timescales and budgets. You will support the Trust in development of business cases and the implementation of the extensive capital and lifecycle programme.

Key Duties

• To develop and implement systems and procedures to ensure that specified contract performance indicators are monitored, validated, and reported.
• To lead in effective communications and regular forums with New Hospitals and its sub-contractors to ensure compliance with the Project Agreement.
• To develop formal monthly reporting mechanisms to the Deputy Director on performance against the Project Agreement, identifying any areas of non-compliance and remedial actions taken.
• To ensure that the Unitary Payment made by the Trust reflects the appropriate payment from the Financial Model, including any revenue impacts, of variations or volume-sensitive service.
• To negotiate with New Hospitals and their sub-contractors to agree contract variations, additional services, changes etc.
• To liaise with New Hospitals and its sub-contractors on all aspects of Facilities Management to ensure there is an effective, seamless service provision to patients, visitors, and other stakeholders.
• To oversee the Trust's Irregular Maintenance Budget.
• To negotiate and manage retained estate service level agreements.

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Degree and/or professional qualification or equivalent experience
• Sustained record of continued professional development

• Postgraduate degree e.g., Masters level MBA, marketing qualification
• PRINCE2 or equivalent experience

Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust that is one of the best places to work for in England.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective, and experience you bring.