Clerk of Works in Truro

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clerk of Works to join the Capital Projects Team at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT).

This key role supports the delivery of major and complex capital projects across the RCHT estate, improving clinical environments, enabling service development and delivering high-quality facilities for patients, staff and visitors.

The post holder will provide client-side Clerk of Works assurance, influencing project quality and safety from initiation to operational delivery. They will support design teams, consultants, contractors and the wider supply chain, ensuring work is delivered safely, effectively and in line with agreed governance, programme, quality and financial requirements.

Working with Project Managers, Estates, IPAC and external stakeholders, the successful candidate will provide clear communication, strong leadership and robust construction quality and health and safety control across a varied capital programme. They will manage complex stakeholder relationships and help maintain high standards of construction safety and quality.

This role would suit an experienced construction site manager or building professional with strong technical knowledge, excellent organisational skills and the ability to support complex projects in a busy healthcare environment. The successful candidate will help deliver RCHT's strategic estate priorities and improvements that make a real difference to patient care.

Main duties of the job

Provide client-side Clerk of Works assurance across capital, refurbishment, infrastructure and maintenance schemes.

Inspect, monitor and report on workmanship, compliance, site safety, commissioning, defects and handover evidence.

Review works against approved designs, contracts, Trust standards, statutory requirements, HTMs, HBNs and Capital Projects governance.

Support design review, pre-construction planning, RAMS, permits, technical queries, inspections, commissioning, defects and handover.

Work with Project Managers, Estates, clinical teams, consultants, contractors and specialist services including Fire Safety, IPAC, Health and Safety and Digital Services.

Maintain auditable records of progress, quality, safety, defects, commissioning, decisions, actions and close-out evidence.

Identify issues, seek clarification, recommend corrective action and elevate through agreed project, contract or Trust routes.

Provide risk-based check and challenge to support safe, compliant, maintainable and operationally suitable outcomes in live healthcare environments.

About us

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is at the heart of acute and specialist care for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We care for a population of around 470,000 people, a number that increases during visitor seasons. We employ around 6,700 staff, united by a shared commitment to deliver safe, high-quality care. We provide services across three main hospital sites, with around 780 inpatient beds:

• Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro
• St Michael's Hospital in Hayle

As a teaching hospital, we're proud to work in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, the University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School, supporting the next generation of health professionals. We're committed to staying at the forefront of medical advance; investing in our people, developing our facilities, and expanding the specialist care we can offer locally so more patients can receive the care they need closer to home. We have a growing reputation for research and innovation that helps shape better care for the future. The Knowledge Spa, located on our Truro site, is a vibrant hub for medical, nursing and professional education across clinical and non-clinical roles. It plays a vital role in attracting, developing and retaining highly skilled teams.

We are driven by one clear ambition, Outstanding Care for One and All, care that's safe, kind and high-quality. We are RCHT.

Job responsibilities

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

Identity Checks

Professional registration and qualification checks

Employment history and reference checks

Occupational Health clearance

Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check

Right to work in the UK

For further information please visit:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in construction, building services, engineering, surveying, building control, healthcare estates or related discipline. Or equivalent
• Relevant technical qualification in construction, building services, engineering, surveying, building control, healthcare estates or related discipline, or equivalent specialist knowledge from substantial practical experience.
• Construction and/or building services knowledge sufficient to provide competent site assurance, identify defects or non-conformance and challenge where works do not meet approved requirements.
• Substantial practical experience providing technical assurance across construction and building services works in live or complex operational environments.
• Membership of ICWCI, CIOB, CIBSE, IHEEM, RICS, IET or similar.
• Formal training in CDM 2015, healthcare engineering standards, fire safety, asbestos awareness, infection prevention in construction, commissioning or NEC/JCT contracts.
• Evidence of CPD relevant to construction inspection, healthcare estates, safety, quality assurance, commissioning or project delivery.

Experience

• Substantial experience inspecting, coordinating or delivering construction, refurbishment, infrastructure or building services works in live operational environments.
• Experience analysing drawings, specifications, technical submissions, RAMS, inspection/test plans, commissioning records, defects and handover documents.
• Experience identifying non-conformance, assessing risk, recommending corrective action and escalating quality, safety, compliance or handover concerns.
• Experience maintaining inspection records, photographic evidence, defect logs, action trackers and audit-ready project information.
• Previous Clerk of Works, Site Inspector, NEC Supervisor, Resident Engineer or similar assurance role.
• Experience in NHS, healthcare, acute hospital, critical infrastructure or similarly regulated environmen
• Experience supporting handover, O&M reviews, asset information, Regulation 38, defects management and post-completion review.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.