Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 November 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Womens NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Womens Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UKs largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
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Key details
Location
SiteAintree University HospitalAddressLongmore Lane, AintreeTownLiverpoolPostcodeL9 7ALMajor / Minor RegionMerseyside
Contract type & working pattern
ContractPermanentHoursFull time hours per week
Salary
Salary£53,755 - £60,504 per annumSalary periodYearlyGrade(Band 8a)
Specialty
Main areaEnergy Management
Job Overview
The Carbon and Energy Manager will be the Trust lead specialist with an overall responsibility for establishing, monitoring and overseeing energy management and policy across the Trust. The post-holder will lead on and co-ordinate the Trusts strategic approach to energy management and carbon reduction, embedding the approach across the Trusts policies and practices. Working within the wider sustainability team to support the organisations net zero transition.
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Main Responsibilities Include:
Responsibility for managing the annual energy budgets, maintaining an audit trail, ensuring compliance with the Trusts standing financial instructions.
Responsibility for managing the outsourced energy management contracts at all sites, ensuring contractors meet their contractual requirements.
Develop systems and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and ensure adoption of these procedures across the Trust. Audit and review relevant procedures.
Produce regular reports on energy and carbon reduction performance to the Committees and the Trust Board.
Programme manage the implementation of energy and carbon reduction schemes.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Main Responsibilities Include:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Responsibility for managing the annual energy budgets, maintaining an audit trail, ensuring compliance with the Trusts standing financial instructions.
Responsibility for managing the outsourced energy management contracts at all sites, ensuring contractors meet their contractual requirements.
Develop systems and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and ensure adoption of these procedures across the Trust. Audit and review relevant procedures.
Produce regular reports on energy and carbon reduction performance to the Committees and the Trust Board.
Programme manage the implementation of energy and carbon reduction schemes.
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Posts advertised to internal staff are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Groupand you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months of their 18
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the website -
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Applicant requirements
info The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Educated to degree level or with equivalent experience within an environmental discipline
Masters Degree or equivalent experience in relevant area
Desirable criteria
Membership of relevant professional body such as the Energy Institute or equivalent
Formal Project Management / auditing training qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
A robust track record of delivering an environmental or sustainability role within a complex organisation
Experience of working collaboratively with other organisations
Negotiating and influencing experience on a wide range of issues
Demonstrable financial management experience
Desirable criteria
Demonstrable operational experience
Experienced project management of a diverse portfolio of schemes including deadlines, standards and budget constraints
Experience of designing and implementing new systems and processes for managing and reporting information
Experience within a pressured change orientated environment with ability to plan and prioritise work effectively
Knowledge
Essential criteria
Specialist knowledge of national and local environmental and sustainability policies
Knowledge of relevant NHS guidance
Working knowledge and understanding of the application of relevant British legislation and good practice in respect of energy and environmental issues
Desirable criteria
Knowledge of NHS procedures and structures
Evidence of continuous professional development
Skills
Essential criteria
Ability to work across all levels both within the organisation including at senior management level and outside the organisation
Excellent communication skills in order to communicate complex information effectively to a range of technical and nontechnical audiences at all levels of the organisation
Ability to develop, implement and monitor policies, procedures and systems to support core areas and disciplines
Excellent report writing, strategy development, consultation and presentational skills
Good negotiation skills, excellent influencing skills, raising the profile and commitment to energy and environmental issues.
Procurement and contract negotiation with suppliers including performance and contract management
Strong interpersonal skills to enable development of good working relationships with personnel outside the direct control of the individual. Able to establish credibility and good relationships and manage those relations with sensitivity and diplomacy
Innovator and decision-maker with the ability to communicate new and controversial ideas
Good computer skills to develop or create reports, documents, spreadsheets and presentations. High levels of computer literacy are required in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, e-mail and internet
Desirable criteria
Facilitation skills and Train the Trainer qualification
Able to think strategically and contribute to the management of the organisation as a whole, and to the development of the organisational culture and management of change
Statistical analysis skills
Excellent leadership skills with an open and participative management style and an ability to motivate others and work under pressure and to tight deadlines
Use of Microsoft Project
Other
Essential criteria
Highly self-motivated with a demonstrated ability and confidence to work on own initiative. Good team player
Able to plan and prioritise own workload independently
Very organised with attention to detail
Able to demonstrate a strong commitment to equal opportunities and fair access
Multi-tasking and management of competing priorities. Able to work quickly, accurately and under pressure to multiple deadlines
Works best in a challenging environment
Desirable criteria
Ability and confidence to challenge current working practices
Innovative and creative in problem solving
Strong networking with other NHS and nonNHS energy and environmental managers
Documents
Energy Manager Job Description (, 240.7)PDFKB
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Life at LUHFT Benefits (, 333.2)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
NameNicola DalyJob titleHead of SustainabilityEmail address [email protected]Telephone number
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