Water Flusher

Job description

Job responsibilities

Operational

• To understand and comply with the relevant health and safety policies and standards, risk assessments and methods required to prevent hazards to themselves, other occupants of these premises, or to the public.
• The routine checks of plant and equipment and undertaking any allocated planned preventative maintenance (PPM) assessments.
• Flushing of water outlets throughout the estate, contacting each site to arrange attendance.
• Identifying outlets that are not regularly used that require flushing and flushing them to comply with legionella guidelines.
• Undertaking weekly cooling system checks and analysis.
• Closed system dosing and flushing.
• Quarterly shower head replacement and showerhead cleaning.
• Reactive work based on the current daily needs of the site.
• Updating information via maintenance software and necessary records, including signing the site logbook accurately and evidentially.

Governance

• Ensure all activity is compliant to applicable legislation, QTS governance and best practice.
• Raise areas of concern or non-compliance immediately with line manager

Communication and Relationships

• Establish professional and collaborative relationships with key stakeholders both internal and external to QTS.
• Communicating to the Hard FM team of any identified defects.
• Demonstrate best practice customer service at all times.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to A level/NVQ level or with equivalent relevant experience in the Water Treatment industry or an area with transferable skills such as a mechanical, plumbing or engineering background.

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a healthcare environment, preferably NHS or Mental Health Services.
• Experience of working within Estates & Facilities/Property Management in a large, multi-site organisation.
• Experience in being accountable for a compliance activity requiring the confidence and autonomy to act independently whilst being part of a team structure.
• Experienced in working with an information system or database.

Desirable

• Experience of working with specialist contractors.
• Customer Service experience.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Able to evidence high levels of self-motivation and an ability to work independently while remaining within a team structure.
• Ability to work well under limited supervision.
• Demonstrable strong work ethic with a willingness to learn further.
• Full driving licence

Desirable

• Confident in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite, including keyboard skills, use of IT equipment and systems.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Good communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to deal with people at all levels in a respectful and professional manner.
• Demonstrable ability to follow instructions and appropriately raise areas of non-compliance or concern.
• Demonstrable strong attention to detail.

Desirable

• Knowledge of statutory compliance requirements within field of work.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

350 Euston Road

London

NW1 3AX

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)