Water Hygiene Operative

NHS; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Uxbridge is seeking a Water Hygiene Operative to provide planned maintenance on water systems. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing water systems and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Responsibilities include temperature monitoring, routine inspections, and performing remedial work. Applicants should possess a City & Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate or equivalent, alongside relevant experience in the field.

Qualifications

• Experience in day-to-day management of water systems in buildings.
• Completion of a recognised apprenticeship in a relevant field.
• Knowledge of COSHH system for water treatment chemicals.

Responsibilities

• Provide Planned Preventative Maintenance on water systems to relevant standards.
• Monitor and maintain water systems and compliance.
• Conduct temperature monitoring and remedial plumbing work as needed.

Skills

Water system management

Monitoring of water treatment

Health and safety awareness

Fault finding on equipment

Education

City & Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate

Job description

Water Hygiene Operative

The closing date is 05 December 2025

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.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

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 driving 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.

Job responsibilities

1. Provide Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) on hot, cold and closed water systems to HTM 04 01, HSG 274, ACoP L8, CIBSE TM13 and other applicable standards as required for effective water safety control at Hillingdon site.

2. Maintain the Trust's water systems, and water testing regimes.

3. Be a Competent Person to carry out duties for water safety.

4. Monitoring water systems and ensuring compliance with current HTM 04 01, HSG 274, ACoP L8 and Health and Safety legislation.

5. Carrying out Disinfection & chlorination on both hot and cold‑water systems and water system disinfection work using Chemical Injection dosing unit.

6. Carrying out temperature monitoring, conducting routine sampling and analysing water systems.

7. Carrying out remedial plumbing work as and when required.

8. Undertaking maintenance and installation of different water systems.

9. Fault finding, repair and maintenance of the water systems across sites and report any non‑compliance with water regulations.

10. Conduct monthly monitoring & inspections which will involve temperature testing of water outlets, TMVs and TMTs.

11. Clean and disinfect TMVs and TMTs and submit the report on monthly basis according to Planned Preventive Maintenance.

12. Inspection of cold water storage tanks and hot water storage vessels.

13. Inspect and flush pressure vessels according to Planned Preventive Maintenance.

14. Carry out all the remedial works which includes from water sampling, Legionella risk assessment.

15. Undertake and assist in delivery of maintenance tasks.

16. Submitting accurate completion and population of all job sheets with relevant information.

17. Ensure acceptable standards of productivity and workmanship are maintained in the execution of work and any change in assets to be notified through the appropriate channels.

18. Be conversant with Risk Assessments and Method Statements as well as COSHH.

19. To carry and respond to electronic communication systems, PDAs and a hand‑held Radio.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

Person Spec

• Experience in day‑to‑day management of water systems in buildings
• Monitoring of Water Treatment (CLO2 Plant) and Water Hygiene Activities
• Completion of a recognised and registered apprenticeship in City & Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate Experience in a Building Services discipline
• Experience in Water Hygiene Systems
• To work in a safe and orderly manner and show regard for all aspects of health and safety and comply with all relevant codes of practice and safety regulations
• Knowledge of a range of procedures for building and repair, or mechanical maintenance
• Undertaken Water Safety training
• Experience in a Building Services, water Hygiene discipline
• H&S Awareness Training
• Knowledge of COSHH system for water treatment chemicals
• Able to fault find on equipment
• City&Guilds/ Apprenticeship, relevant certification or equivalent experience

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.

Employer name

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust