The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Healthier Futures team are undertaking a once in a generation project to build a new hospital at Leighton in Crewe to replace the existing RAAC Hospital under the NHS New Hospital Programme (NHP). To support this exciting project, Healthier Futures requires two build Project Managers to work within their Technical Team and with the wider PMO.
Key Responsibilities
* To manage and fulfil the full range of duties in the implementation of building and engineering works as part of the Trust's New Hospital Programme.
* To deputise for the Senior Project Manager (Building). To provide support in leadership responsibility for the Healthier Futures Programme Technical Team ensuring the most effective planning, development and management of all services provided.
* To assist the HF Technical Team on this major project and associated enabling or supporting projects, taking lead responsibility for defined workstreams or packages as directed.
* To comment upon building and engineering designs in accordance with NHS Health Technical Memorandum (HTMs) and Health Building Notes (HBNs), British Standards and all current legislation.
* To take technical lead for defined workstreams or packages related to the management of the HF Programme works and providing accurate up-to-date advice as required.
* To provide a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
* To develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with the internal and external stakeholders to achieve an effective and integrated design and construction solution.
* To project manage defined workstreams or packages, act as lead and manage staff/consultants as required.
* Budgetary responsibility within approved scheme limits., 1. Provide and receive complex information, communicate Trust policy and technical information to senior managers, undertake high level negotiations with contractors, consultant parties, local authority officers, and other external bodies.
* Implement and support the delivery the Trust's new hospital build, in line with relevant Procedures & the Trust's overall strategies and standards.
* To be responsible for ensuring that all user briefings are conducted in a fashion that ensures the design solution fully reflects all clinical, functional, and operational requirements of the users. Ensure all stakeholders are engaged in the process.
* To assist with ensuring that external design consultants are accurately briefed, and their performance is managed and monitored.
* Lead project teams including external professional design consultants and contractors.
* Contribute to the overall management of the HF Programme Technical team through participation in business planning, management team meetings, and specific projects.
* Assist and support the HF Programme Technical team in the achievement of the divisional and corporate objectives.
* Provide authoritative and sound professional advice to both the division and the Trust regarding design and construction related topics.
* To provide expert advice to senior managers and other senior colleagues.
* To analyse and judge complex facts, requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of ranges of options.
* To make judgements across wide range of design and construction related issues taking into account technical solutions/aspects, legislation, H&S, conflicting demands.
* Responsible for ensuring that defined workstreams or packages are completed in accordance with relevant procedures, agreed programmes and budget.
* Assist the Technical and construction teams to ensure that the project is handed over to the maintenance team in a timely manner.
* Assist the Technical and construction teams to ensure Health & Safety files are received from the contractor and checked for accuracy and completeness.
* Undertake feasibilities and issue formal reports for defined workstreams or packages as required.
* Prepare accurate pre-tender estimates and budget costs for defined workstreams or packages as required.
* Implement Trust objectives.
* Contact with patients is incidental.
* Assist with ensuring that the HF Programme team provide a physical environment, which is safe, comfortable and equitably accessible to all patients, visitors and staff.
* Responsible for input into the service development and implementation across the Trust.
* Participate in developing, monitoring and reviewing policies and standards relating to design and construction across the Trust.
* To work with others to develop and maintain positive relationships with both internal and external service users, ensuring the delivery of high-quality responsive services.
* To oversee and, where appropriate, project manage improvements and innovations in the quality-of-service delivery and patient care.
* To communicate project updates to senior managers and Trust Boards.
* To interrogate information provided by external professional consultants and advise the Trust accordingly.
* To authorise payment of works invoices where appropriate.
* To alert the HF Programme Team to developments within Divisions, identifying service and cost implications for the project.
* In conjunction with the wider design and construction team, assist with implementing new practices/developments that influence the effective and efficient delivery of service.
* To be responsible for day-to-day supervision, checking and evaluating work of consultants and contractors, ensuring they are correctly supervised (in terms of construction work) on site to ensure quality is maintained and timescales are met.
* To embrace a culture that encourages the use of initiative, individual and team responsibility, open communication, fairness, equality and inclusivity. To assist with ensuring that time and resources are managed through effective support of teamwork, leadership and motivation across the HF Programme team.
* Regular requirement to use computer software to develop and create reports, documents and drawings.
* To undertake/commission a range of service and ground investigation, surveys and audits in specialist areas to support the delivery of the HF Programme
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