University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
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For your NHS career, think UHS
As one of one of England's largest acute teaching trusts, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) can help you to achieve your career aspirations, whatever your discipline.
We're one of only a few trusts in the UK that have the ability to care for people before their birth through to the end of life, providing almost every specialism they could need along the way, 24/7. We employ more than 11,500 staff delivering services to over 1.9 million people within our specialist care groups, childrens hospital, and major trauma centre.
Because UHS is essentially a micro city, we can offer almost every job imaginable. Some require a medical background, such as nurses, allied health professionals (AHPs) and healthcare scientists, but there are also plumbers, electricians, porters, secretaries and catering experts, as well as finance, communications, HR and informatics specialists.
Whatever role you're interested in, we can offer fantastic training and development giving you the best possible opportunities to achieve the career you want.
Our values guide the work we do every day, they are:
Patients first
Working together
Always improving
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Key details
Location
SiteSouthampton General HospitalAddressTremona RoadTownSouthamptonPostcodeSO16 6YDMajor / Minor RegionHampshire
Contract type & working pattern
ContractPermanentHours37.5 hours per week
Full time
Part time
Salary
GradeBand 5
Specialty
Main areaEstates, Facilities & Capital DevelopmentInterview date18/02/2025
Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for a detailed job description of the role.
Open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS Integrated Care System, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS FT, South Central Ambulance Service, or Hampshire Hospitals FT.
This role will transfer to UHS Estates Ltd (UEL) from 1 April 2025. UEL is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University Hospital Southampton NHS foundation Trust. The job description, terms and benefits associated with the role will not change as a result of this
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Are you looking for a new challenge? A unique role has become vacant, and we are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Tenant Liaison Manager to join the Estates, Facilities & Capital Development department (EFCD) at University Hospital Southampton. EFCD plays a critical role in supporting the hospital and provides a diverse range of services including strategic estate planning, capital projects, estate maintenance, estates compliance and a whole host of soft facilities management including clinical engineering and sustainability.
You will be a key member of the Compliance team, working on your own initiative as well as being part of the wider EFCD team. The successful candidate will facilitate and manage the integration & relationships between our employees and the day-to-day management teams of the Landlord sites where the Trust is a tenant. To ensure the safe and effective delivery of estates and facilities management.
This role will involve travelling between to our local hospitals, support sites and to other organisations and groups.
As an organisation, UHS offers fantastic training and career development opportunities. Our people are central to the vision of the organisation, and our annual staff survey results reflect our commitment to developing your career.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore whats possible for the role and service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The role is to facilitate the integration between the Trusts users and the day-to-day management teams of the Landlord at each site where the Trust is a tenant. You will be the main point of contact for tenant liaison and coordination for the Trusts users and Landlords dealing with day-to-day and complex estate challenges. You will provide professional leadership and support to a wide range of staff at differing grades both clinical and non-clinical.
This will involve working across a multiple portfolio of sites to ensure the built environment is at a level that is acceptable to the Trust and be responsible for the escalation of any compliance or legal and statutory information issues to the Landlord and escalating any outstanding actions as appropriate.
This role requires good organisational skills together and effective problem-solving skills including the ability to plan, organise and resolve numerous complex tasks which may involve both challenging and conflicting components.
The post holder will be required to work at various sites and will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle to enable travel between sites.
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
For more information about our Trust
Getting to work - our travel promise
Getting to work should be as easy as possible and thats why we have introduced the UHS travel promise a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff can apply for a permit to use our park & ride facility. Eligibility for on-site parking is dependent on the nature and requirement of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes and ultra-low emission cars.
Our commitment to equality
Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.
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Person specification
Qualifications / Training Required
Essential criteria
Educated to degree level or demonstratable equivalent level of expertise and knowledge obtained from previous relevant experience in this field
Computer Literate with working knowledge of MS Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Spreadsheets.
Previous experience of maintaining data using a Computer-aided facilities management system(CAFM). To ensure accurate and timely data input and management.
Desirable criteria
Health and safety training qualification e.g., IOSH with proven certification
Previous or relevant experience necessary
Essential criteria
Minimum 3 years experience in Estates and Facilities Management
Experience in a similar role
Experience of working with a wide range of people in different roles and at different levels of seniority both internal and external
Desirable criteria
Experience in a healthcare setting
Values and behaviours
Essential criteria
Patients First
Always Improving
Working Together
Documents
Job Description (, 656.5)PDFKB
Person Specification (, 328.6)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
NamePam Mott-BurtonJob titleProperty ManagerEmail address [email protected]Telephone number
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