Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Strategic Estates Project Manager
Requirements
The role calls for autonomous, flexible project management, including managing budgets, resources, risks, options appraisals, and project documentation under tight timescales. It also requires effective stakeholder communication and the ability to coordinate design teams, consultants, service leads, clinicians, and external partners; no specific education or years of experience are stated.
Job Description
- Day to day project management of masterplan and other projects.
- Develop and maintain key programme and project documentation (for example business cases, risk register, communications plan, project plans, issues logs, equalities impact assessments, benefits templates and other relevant documents) Prepare, manage and evaluate options appraisals.
- Ensure effective stakeholder management and communications to create key links both internally and externally, holding to account for delivery where necessary.
- Work flexibly, diligently and autonomously to meet tight timescales.
- Plan and manage project budgets and resources.
- Support capital projects from feasibility through to timely completion and within budget working alongside project teams and partners.
- Work with the wider Estates team to ensure projects are delivered compliant with relevant legislation and best practice.
- Support planning and building control application processes for capital work To support the delivery of effective communication through leading focus groups, developing newsletters and other communication methods where required.
- To provide effective leadership to and management of design teams and other consultants/specialists engaged for project delivery Chair and support project boards and working groups.
- Prepare and present reports to diverse groups internally and externally.
- Ensure engagement of relevant service leads or clinicians throughout the life of the project.
Our Mission is to work in partnership to provide high quality, compassionate services and to nurture an environment where people can be at their best. Our vision is healthier lives, empowered citizens, thriving communities.
We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.
We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role.
Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.
UKVI Sponsorship: This role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We welcome applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Sponsorship will be offered subject to meeting UKVI eligibility criteria.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Fiona Richey Job title: Clinical Design Implementation Lead Email address: fiona.richey@dchft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07828514603
Skills
About Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Our busy, modern hospital provides a full range of district general services, including an accident and emergency department, and links with satellite units in five community hospitals. We are the main provider of acute hospital services to a population of around 210,000, living within Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset and Purbeck. We also provide renal services for patients throughout Dorset and South Somerset; a total population of 850,000. Our staff work in GP surgeries, schools, residential homes and people’s own homes as well as Dorset County Hospital and the community hospitals.