FF&E Implementation Consultant

Company Description

St. Vincents Resourcing, providing resource solutions in Digital Health since the year 2002.

Our mission is to empower people in Digital Health through meaningful connection. By doing this, we foster value, drive culture, and create long-lasting relationships.

With over 22 years now working with hundreds of suppliers in health tech, what we’ve learned is finding and keeping talent is about much more than luck. What makes a good employee goes far beyond skills.
 

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Job Description

The FF&E Implementation Consultant will play a hands-on role in supporting the delivery of the New Hospital Programme (NHP) Fixtures, Fittings & Equipment (FF&E) strategy across hospital schemes. Acting as a bridge between NHP programme-level standards and Trust-level implementation, the role will provide practical support in planning, procurement, logistics, and commissioning of FF&E. The postholder will help schemes adopt the NHP FF&E Database and Asset Information Matrix (AIM), validate asset data, and integrate digital solutions (BIM, Digital Twins, IoT-enabled asset tracking) to enable Hospital 2.0 principles. They will work directly with Trusts, design teams, and suppliers to deliver operational readiness, ensuring FF&E is safe, compliant, and future-proofed to meet the Golden Thread and Building Safety Act requirements.

Key Role Responsibilities

Database Development & Management

• • Design, develop, and maintain the national FF&E database with structured hierarchies, classifications, and metadata.
  • Implement functionality to support lifecycle management, standardised pick-lists, and industrialised product groupings.
  • Ensure scalability to support multiple hospital schemes simultaneously.
  • Ensure AIM data supports compliance with the Building Safety Act, HTM/HBN standards, and NHS
  • Data Gathering & Validation
  • Lead processes for collecting asset data from suppliers, design consultants, and Trusts.
  • Validate completeness, accuracy, and consistency of AIM datasets against agreed standards.
  • Implement structured workflows, validation checks, and audit trails to ensure integrity of the database.

Integration & Interoperability

• • Develop APIs and data exchange standards for integration with BIM models, digital twins, CAFM/ERP, and procurement systems.
  • Ensure compliance with GS1 standards (GTINs, GLNs, RFID) and NHS asset coding requirements.
  • Support interoperability with design platforms (Revit families, dRofus) and downstream facilities management systems.

Data Quality & Governance

• • Establish data validation rules, version control, and audit trails to ensure accuracy and consistency.
  • Embed Building Safety Act “Golden Thread” principles into the database.
  • Manage data security and access rights in line with NHS digital governance policies.
  • Establish governance processes for maintaining AIM and FF&E datasets throughout the programme lifecycle.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• • Work with clinical, design, and engineering stakeholders to capture FF&E requirements.
  • Support schemes to use the database effectively during SOC, OBC, and FBC stages.
  • Provide training, guidance, and technical support to Trusts, suppliers, and programme partners.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• • Identify opportunities for automation, AI/ML insights (e.g. equipment transfer rates, lifecycle costing).
  • Develop dashboards and reporting tools to track programme-wide FF&E performance and benefits realisation.
  • Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement cycles across NHP schemes.

Qualifications

Essential

• • Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Clinical Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Proven experience in database development and administration with large, complex datasets.
  • Strong experience in asset data capture, validation, and governance within large programmes.
  • Understanding of Asset Information Requirements (AIR), Asset Information Models (AIM), and related BIM standards (ISO 19650).
  • Experience integrating databases with BIM, CAFM, ERP, or digital twin systems.
  • Knowledge of GS1 standards and NHS asset management practices.
  • Excellent data management, validation, and analytical skills.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Desirable

• • Experience with healthcare equipping, FF&E planning, or digital twin development.
  • Knowledge of Revit, dRofus, or Bentley systems.
  • Familiarity with NHS Digital, HTM/HBN standards, and Building Safety Act compliance requirements.
  • Experience of Agile development and product lifecycle methodologies.
  • Track record of delivering digital solutions at scale in multi-organisation settings.

If you’re passionate about shaping the future of digital healthcare and want to play a key role in transforming hospital design and delivery, we’d love to hear from you. Join us in connecting innovation with purpose — where your expertise in project delivery can make a real impact across the NHS and beyond.

Please send your CV to consider.