NHS AfC: Band 8a
Main area: Capital Projects
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 412-CAP-0043-A
Site: Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust - Leighton Hospital
Town: Crewe
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 24/03/2025
Job overview
Are you an experienced capital project manager looking for an exciting and challenging new role? At Leighton Hospital, we are working on building a modern healthcare campus - a once in a generation opportunity to transform health care in mid Cheshire for the future. The new multimillion hospital will be a state of the art digitally enabled building providing the best care possible in a modern patient friendly environment.
We are seeking a Senior Capital Project Manager to join our Design and Construction Team, to deliver this complex and fast-paced project.
Main duties of the job
1. To deputise for the Building Lead or MEP Lead as the situation requires.
2. To support the HF Construction Director, Building Lead and MEP Lead in the effective and efficient management of the total resources of the HF team.
3. To provide support in leadership responsibility for the New Hospital Programme Construction Team ensuring the most effective planning, development and management of all services provided.
4. To assist the HF Construction Team on this major project and associated enabling or supporting projects, taking lead responsibility for defined workstreams or packages as directed.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. To provide a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.
8. 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.
9. To commission and project manage defined workstreams or packages, act as lead and manage staff/consultants as required.
10. Budgetary responsibility within approved scheme limits.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent experience in general or project/programme management roles
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Master’s qualification or post graduate study in a relevant subject
* Other formal qualifications relating to leadership, programme or project management.
* Membership of an appropriate professional body (RICS, IStructE, ICE, IEE, IMechE, RIBA, etc)
Knowledge & Previous Experience
* Previous knowledge and or experience of managing large complex construction projects and/or programmes
* Experience of managing project budgets
* Knowledge of RIBA Stages of work, NHS Health Technical Memorandum (HTMs) and Health Building Notes (HBNs), British Standards
* Experience of leading teams of professional (NHS and contract/external) staff within a performance/contract management culture
* Knowledge of NHS business case processes including HM Treasury 5 case model and HM Treasury The Green Book- Central Government Guidance on Appraisal and Evaluation
* Experience in preparing business cases.
Skills
* Ability to analyse and balance complex service, commercial and political decisions and draw appropriate conclusions
* Ability to influence and create change where significant barriers to acceptance exist
* Ability to plan and organise resources to ensure strategic objectives and deadlines are met
* The post holder will be expected to work autonomously and have the ability to navigate complex processes within tight timeframes
* Evidence of effective working relationships both inside and outside the organisation.
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