About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Estates Operations Manager to join our Estates Management Team, supporting the delivery of estate services across a large, multi-site NHS Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of healthcare estate services, ensuring that buildings, engineering infrastructure, plant, equipment and associated services are safe, compliant, reliable, efficient and fit for purpose.
Providing visible and effective leadership across the Estates function, the successful candidate will ensure the Trust meets its statutory and regulatory obligations, manages risk appropriately, and delivers high-quality services that support patient safety, clinical operations and an excellent patient experience.
Working in a complex and continuously operating healthcare environment, the post holder will drive service performance, lead teams through change, provide assurance to senior leaders and support the ongoing development of the Trust's estate infrastructure.
Reporting to the Head of Estates, the Senior Estates Operations Manager will work closely with colleagues across the organisation and deputise for the Head of Estates when required.
We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate significant experience and knowledge of healthcare estates management, including Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), Health Building Notes (HBNs), statutory compliance requirements and best practice in estates and facilities management.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be responsible for compliance with statutory and healthcare technical guidance, ensuring inspections, testing, maintenance records and risk controls are followed.
You will manage a team setting clear expectations, ensuring that competencies are kept up-to-date and operationally ensure all HTM requirements and expectations are met.
The postholder is expected to address planned and reactive maintenance requirements and develop the service from being reactive to planned and predictive.
You will manage budgets and ensure that the Trust receive value for money and support capital planning.
Performance and report writing, with clear data and narrative will form part of this role, with stakeholder engagement within the various disciplines.
Closing date of applications: 18 November 2026
Interview date: 02 December 2026
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent plus specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate courses or equivalent and experience
Experience
Essential
- Authorised person certificate in at least 3 disciplines
- Knowledge of a wide range of facilities; Asbestos, COSHH, Infection Prevention and Control, Decontamination, Incineration, Legionella, Waste Management, Pressure Systems, Steam Systems, HVAC systems, Electrical Systems, the built environment.
- In depth knowledge of a wide range of specialist services associated with NHS estate management.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen's Hospital, Burton
Belvedere Road
Burton on Trent
DE13 0RB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)