Estates Programme Manager

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This position will be based at the Borders General Hospital (Melrose) but there will be a requirement to work flexibly across the Scottish Borders region serving acute and primary health care facilities.

NHS Borders Estates Department is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Estates Programme Manager. The post holder will be responsible for the effective delivery of the Estates and Capital programmes and associated projects. This role involves leading and managing a multi‑disciplinary team of project managers, officers, and related roles to ensure the successful delivery of agreed programmes, while supporting the organisation’s strategic priorities.

Ensuring the safe, effective and efficient delivery of projects, national workstreams and associated directives (e.g. WSIP, BCP), with demonstrable experience of leading services through periods of change. Operates with a high degree of autonomy and exercise sound judgement in prioritising competing operational and strategic demands.

Excellent interpersonal skills teamed with good organisational skills, assertiveness and diplomacy; with the ability to use logic to solve problems rationally and effectively and be able to communicate clearly and articulately across all levels.

To support NHS Border’s values of quality, teamwork, care and compassion, dignity and respect, and openness, honesty and responsibility through the application of appropriate behaviours and attitudes.

The post holder will be required to accept formal appointment to appropriate Authorised/Responsible Person roles for projects, maintain the necessary competencies through ongoing training, and represent the Board at a national level as required.

Candidates must possess a full/valid driving licence.

For informal inquiries please contact; Gavin McLaren, Head of Estates, 01896 826382 or email [email protected]

Whether you’re early in your career or looking to take the next step into a more senior role, NHS Borders offers a supportive environment where you can grow, influence change, and make a real impact.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. 

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form

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