Head of Facilities

Head of Facilities

 📍 Location: National (with travel)
 💼 Contract Type: Permanent
 💰 Salary: Competitive + Benefits (candidate pack available upon shortlisting)

Make a lasting impact in renal care. Join Diaverum

Diaverum is a leading global provider of renal care services, committed to enhancing the quality of life for patients with chronic kidney disease. With 36 clinics across the UK and a strong culture of care, innovation, and collaboration, we offer a dynamic environment where leaders can thrive and drive meaningful change. 

We are now seeking an experienced Head of Facilities to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of our UK estates and facilities function.

The Role

Reporting directly to the Country Managing Director, the Head of Facilities will lead the UK Facilities function, ensuring all clinics are safe, compliant, sustainable and fit for purpose. You will oversee both hard and soft facilities management, manage facilities spend, and act as the senior subject matter expert and advisor on estates compliance, best practice and legislative change. 📚💙

This role is critical to ensuring compliance with healthcare estates standards, including HTMs, HBNs, CQC requirements, Building Regulations and High-Risk Building legislation, while delivering value for money and uninterrupted patient services across our estate.

Regular UK travel is required, alongside flexible home working and attendance at our St Albans Head office. You will be required to participate in a national on-call rota, providing out-of-hours estates support as required.

Key Responsibilities

Healthcare Estates Compliance & Governance

• Provide leadership and assurance for compliance with HTMs, HBNs, CQC requirements, Building Regulations and statutory estates legislation.
• Ensure estates risks are identified, mitigated and escalated through appropriate governance frameworks.
• Support CQC inspections and regulatory reviews, providing evidence, assurance and action plans.
• Promote a strong culture of compliance, safety and accountability across all sites.

Statutory Responsible Person Duties

• Act as Responsible Person for Domestic Water Safety (HTM 04-01) and Fire Safety (HTM 05-01 and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order).

Facilities Management & Service Delivery

• Lead hard and soft FM services across the UK estate.
• Develop and maintain FM specifications, SLAs, KPIs and audit processes.
• Oversee contractor performance, compliance and support business continuity arrangements.

New Builds, Refurbishments & Tenders

• Provide estates input into clinic design standards and tender processes.
• Ensure compliance throughout project lifecycles, including handover and post-occupancy reviews.
• Work closely with clinical and operational teams to support safe patient pathways.

Property Portfolio & Contracts

• Manage leases, rental costs, negotiations, break clauses and dilapidations.
• Oversee property risks and support contract negotiations with Legal and Finance teams.

ESG & Sustainability

• Lead estates contributions to Diaverum’s ESG and sustainability strategy.
• Drive initiatives to reduce carbon, energy use and waste, supporting Net Zero ambitions.

Financial Management & Leadership

• Manage estates OPEX and CAPEX budgets and support capital investment business cases.
• Line manage the Facilities Manager and provide visible, values-led leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement aligned with CQC Well-Led expectations

About You

You will be a credible senior estates professional with strong healthcare experience and a passion for safe, compliant and sustainable facilities.

Essential requirements include:

• Degree in construction, building services, estates management or a related field.
• Significant experience managing healthcare estates or regulated environments.
• Strong working knowledge of HTMs, HBNs, Building Regulations, HRB requirements and CQC requirements.
• Proven experience managing multi-site estates, contracts and suppliers.
• Knowledge of ESG principles and sustainability within property management.
• Proficiency in financial software and tools.
• A collaborative, professional leadership style with high integrity.

Why Choose Diaverum?  

We're committed to nurturing your career and providing top-tier training. Our comprehensive professional training program, including on-the-job training and access to our in-house education program 'd Academy,' sets you up for success and growth throughout your career at Diaverum.

Diaverum’s mission is to improve the quality of life for renal patients, and we achieve this through our values;

Competent: Delivering results while prioritizing patient and employee safety.

Passionate: Fostering genuine relationships and driving results with respect.

Inspiring: Encouraging innovation, collaboration, and transformative care.

We encourage you to apply today as we reserve the right to close applications early should we be in receipt of sufficient applications.   

Diaverum UK is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce.

All positions at Diaverum are subject to a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check as part of our recruitment process.

Come grow with us! 🌱 

Diaverum - Where Caring Meets Excellence in Renal Care. 🌟