Careers with the Royal United Hospital Bath

Thank you for your interest in Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust (RUH) and the vacancy for our Director of Facilities. Please take the opportunity to review the information on this website, upon doing this should you have any further questions, our retained consultants, David Cairncross and Simon Potts of Hays Executive, will be happy to help, their contact details can be found on the 'how to apply' page.

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust (RUH) occupies a single 52-acre site close to the city of Bath, servicing 450, 000 patients across the catchment areas of three Primary Care Trusts. RUH employs 4,000 staff who provide a complex array of general acute and cancer services generating an income of c.£190 million per annum. The past two years has seen significant ground-breaking change for the Trust, which is now in financial balance, has a below average cost base and, is now recognised amongst the top 40 highest performing hospitals for patient safety and quality of care.

The Trust has a solid platform from which it can advance further and to harness and maximise the potential for future growth, investment in the support infrastructure is now crucial. The immediate priorities for our Director of Facilities include:

• Managing a significant facilities, property and estates department of 444 staff – developing and coordinating delivery to support the Trust’s provision of outstanding high quality patient services.
• Developing the estates strategy, leading the implementation of a customer focussed capital development programme and site development and associated transport infrastructure strategy.
• Working closely with the Chief Executive and Director of Nursing to develop an integrated approach to improving the whole patient care experience, whilst actively contributing at strategic and operational levels to make the Trust’s stated ambition, a reality.

The role is a challenging one but the impact upon our potential and organisation for improvement are significant - we very much hope that you are equally excited by this opportunity. If you possess the experience and passion to contribute to our vision then we'd like to hear from you.

James Scott
Chief Executive
Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust