Project Manager (PFI Expiry) Hereford, England
Job description
Project Manager required to assist in planning and activities to prepare for the end of the PFI contract in Hereford in 2029.
Hereford County Hospital site is run via a PFI contract which will expire in 2029. In line with government recommendations the Trust is now planning activities required for the transition. The current job requirements are focussed on planning the activities and resources required for the last 6 years. In parallel with the planning work there will be a focus over the first year on asset condition and lifecycle assessment to ensure that the assets handed over at the end of contract are in the best possible condition.
As a procuring authority the Trust needs to carefully consider their contractual rights and future options and to this end has set up a Board sub-committee to oversee plans. The expiry of a PFI project presents complex challenges and a number of opportunities. The public sector needs to ensure that its private sector partners have fully delivered on their contractual commitments to ensure that assets “handed back” are fully compliant to avoid exposing the public sector to future financial liabilities.
The post will provide assurance for the Trust that the PFI contract service suppliers are fulfilling the technical and statutory obligations required to provide a safe and efficient healthcare environment. Will act as Deputy for the Associate Chief Estates and Capital Planning Officer as required.
- Produce plans for expiry activities required over last 7 years
- Provide reports and recommendations to the Trust Board
- Oversee the asset condition surveys and the rectification of any remedial works required (likely to be several £m per annum)
- Work with external partners to plan options for access and to minimise service disruption for remedial works
- Input into ongoing discussions around lifecycle investment including risk assessments where work may be overdue
- Consider future procurement options for services and how and when decisions will be made
- Consider resource requirements required over 7 year period and how best to fund and procure
- Ensure the ongoing compliant delivery of the Hereford County Hospital PFI contract
- To make judgements and decisions appertaining to operational estates issues and to escalate in a timely manner
- To analysis multiple complex and challenging issues and priorities relating to area of control
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward-looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
