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Operational Asset Management Lead

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Go back Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Estates & Facilities Management Operations Lead (Fixed Term Role) Moorfields Eye Hospital is getting itself ready for a huge step change in its future, namely moving to a new facility currently called Oriel, a new purpose designed and built healthcare, research and educational facility of c47,000 sqm in Camden. We have created a temporary, fixed term position to provide operational resilience across a busy department as existing team members are engaged in tasks setting up Oriel EFM. The EFM Operations Lead will be an experienced healthcare Estates-biased professional with a high standard of estates technical knowledge and proactively oversee, manage and continue the development of the EFM services function provided within MEH. Whilst a fixed term post, it is expected that the post holder will be instrumental in the continuation of the development work already undertaken to date and assisting with bedding in of any new processes implemented as part of the Oriel programme. All services that must be statutorily maintained, will be, but opportunities for reducing investment elsewhere need to be fully assessed understanding potential for risk to patients, staff and the integrity of the estate. Whilst based at City Road, London, the role encompasses duties across the trust network of over 20 sites of varying size and complexity of service offering. Moorfields Eye Hospital is getting itself ready for a huge step change in its future, namely moving to a new facility currently called Oriel, a new purpose designed and built healthcare, research and educational facility of c47,000 sqm in Camden. We have created a temporary, fixed term position to provide operational resilience across a busy department as existing team members are engaged in tasks setting up Oriel EFM. The EFM Operations Lead will be an experienced healthcare Estates-biased professional with a high standard of estates technical knowledge and proactively oversee, manage and continue the development of the EFM services function provided within MEH. Whilst a fixed term post, it is expected that the post holder will be instrumental in the continuation of the development work already undertaken to date and assisting with bedding in of any new processes implemented as part of the Oriel programme. All services that must be statutorily maintained, will be, but opportunities for reducing investment elsewhere need to be fully assessed understanding potential for risk to patients, staff and the integrity of the estate. Whilst based at City Road, London, the role encompasses duties across the trust network of over 20 sites of varying size and complexity of service offering. o The post holder will take the lead for day-to-day operational matters of both Hard & Soft workstreams within the EFM team, backfilling the Head of FM, who acts up to cover responsibilities of the deputy director, who is leading the Oriel EFM implementation.O To provide leadership, strategic vision and operational management of both the hard and soft services teams, including contract management of supply chain and service level agreements in place at the trust's network locations.O Produce monthly reports capturing relevant data and detailed business analysis of all service functions within the EFM remit.O Provide assurance through experience and knowledge that satisfactory professional and technical standards including all statutory requirements and relevant codes of practice (not limited to health technical memorandums (HTMs) and health building notes (HBNs) are evidential and complied with.Moorfields is undergoing a significant amount of change with the new facility two years away. electro-biomedical engineering (EBME), estates maintenance (hard services), facilities (soft services), capital planning, and the E & F business hub (including compliance, property & the help desk function). Whilst representing a support function, they are an integral part of the overall machine and deserve recognition for their own expertise, competence and skill sets. Whilst based at City Road, the role encompasses carrying out site visits across the trusts wider network. The FM Operations Lead will be an experienced healthcare Estates-biased professional with a high standard of technical knowledge and qualifications alongside extensive contract management experience. They will hold operational and professional responsibility for a wide range of specialist services and ensure their department acts in a service provider manner, ensuring service quality, statutory compliance, value for money and continuous improvement. Individual tasks and programmes of work are delivered to evidenced base-lined expenditure, schedules and quality. Data management systems and policies, including information governance, are adhered to. Team members are provided with development opportunities for career progression. All governance, including legislative and regulatory requirements, is complied with and evidence-based. Managed decline All services that must be statutorily maintained, will be, but opportunities for reducing investment elsewhere need to be fully assessed understanding potential for risk to patients, staff and the integrity of the estate. This includes maintaining the existing City Road estate in a condition no worse than existing and effectively lead the EFM team through a managed decline risk assessed process of condition management as the site heads towards decommissioning. 5 hours a week, normally based around an 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday pattern however Moorfields offers a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly. There is an expectation that attendance to the City Road site will occur at least three days a week and likely more dependent on workload and staff requirements. You will participate in the Managers On call rota. Demonstrate ongoing operational leadership of large teams across multi-disciplinary soft and hard services teams, showcasing effective innovation in cost and quality-based service provision. Provide operationally evidenced deep understanding of IWMS and associated CAFM systems, demonstrating advantages of integrating data streams for efficiency and analytics. Provide analytical reporting on performance data regarding engineering operations and facilities systems, identifying trends and variances and producing robust recovery plans as required. Deliver optimisation of physical and human resources across asset management, maintenance, energy and carbon outputs balancing against safety and compliance constraints, exercising their professional judgement across a wide range of EFM related complex systems amidst the conflicting demands of the service. Identify and review new technologies, systems and ways of working to improve effectiveness and performance alongside assessing resource, ROI and revenue consequences prior to submitting evaluation papers. Take pride in being able to delve deeply into complex technical estate infrastructure problems]]

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