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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.
About the Role
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 multidisciplinary 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 exercises sound judgment in prioritising competing operational and strategic demands.
Key Responsibilities
- Support NHS Borders’ values of quality, teamwork, care and compassion, dignity and respect, and openness, honesty, and responsibility through the application of appropriate behaviours and attitudes.
- Accept formal appointment to appropriate Authorised/Responsible Person roles for projects.
- Maintain the necessary competencies through ongoing training.
- Represent the Board at a national level as required.
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Requirements
- Excellent interpersonal skills teamed with good organisational skills, assertiveness, and diplomacy.
- The ability to use logic to solve problems rationally and effectively.
- The ability to communicate clearly and articulately across all levels.
- Candidates must possess a full/valid driving licence.
How to Apply
For informal inquiries please contact:
- Gavin McLaren, Head of Estates, 01896 826382
- Email: gavin.mclaren@nhs.scot
About NHS Borders
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.
Right to Work in the UK
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 Immigration 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.
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 licensed 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.
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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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