Water Hygiene Operative

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in London seeks a maintenance professional to perform planned preventative maintenance on hot, cold, and closed water systems. Ideal candidates have a plumbing background with experience in water hygiene and excellent customer service skills. Responsibilities include water tank inspections, temperature monitoring, and assisting in safety improvements. This role is integral to maintaining a safe environment for service users.

Qualifications

• Experience with thermostatic mixer valves and taps.
• Ability to carry out water tank inspections and domestic services.
• Experience in water temperature monitoring and water sampling.

Responsibilities

• Provide planned preventative maintenance on water systems.
• Carry out scheduled upgrade works and refurbishments.
• Assist in de-scaling and disinfection of calorifiers.

Skills

Experience of commercial and complex buildings maintenance

Water Hygiene/Plumbing background – Legionella L8

Excellent customer service skills

Job description

As part of the role you will be providing planned preventative maintenance on hot, cold and closed water systems to HTM, HSG274 ACOP L8 standards for effective water safety control.

Ideally you will have experience of thermostatic mixer valves and taps, be able to carry out water tank inspections and domestic services, water temperature monitoring, water sampling, system flushing, shower head descales /changing, calorifier inspection and assist in de‑scaling and disinfection of Calorifiers and cleaning of water storage tanks. In addition to the above, there will also be planned maintenance activities such as planned upgrade works, refurbishment as part of our ongoing efforts to ensure a safe environment for service users. You should ideally:

• Experience of commercial and complex buildings maintenance, ideally within the NHS
• Water Hygiene/Plumbing background – Legionella L8
• Excellent customer service skills

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics. The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital. We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.