Water Hygiene Operative, KTC

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 27 October 2024

Job summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the Estates team at Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust. The main objective of the role is to proactively work and provide assurance that our premises and Estate are in the best possible condition and compliant with the relevent Building Regulations, relevant NHS Estates guidance and statutory regulations.

The role of Water Hygeine Operative is to ensure that aspects of Water Hygeine and maintenance within the Estate at WAHT are compliant with relevant NHS Estates guidance, and Statutory regulations.

Main duties of the job

To participate in the provision of an Estates service primarily undertaking day-to-day inspections, repairs, planned maintenance, installation and minor improvements to the hot and cold water systems.

The post is county wide and candidates will work at all Trust sites.

Some out of hours work is anticipated to gain access to problematic areas.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people
Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
Best use of resources
Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Date posted

30 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9365-24-0337-1

Job locations

Kidderminster General Hospital

Bewdley Road

Kidderminster

Worcestershire

DY11 6RJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Certification in Water Hygiene Management / Plumbing.
Level 2 NVQ or equivalent in literacy

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

Able to use hand and simple machine tools
Installation and repair of plumbing and pipework, calorifiers, pumps
and valves. Knowledge of safe isolation of water services.
Knowledge of basic health and safety
Healthcare safe systems of work
Ability to communicate effectively through E mails, Written &
spoken
communication and non-verbal communication.
Polite and presentable, able to understand and carry out complex
tasks accurately, good spoken communication skills, able to relate
to the general public, able to work effectively as part of a team,
able to keep calm and work effectively under pressure.
Able to work outside core hours when required.

Experience

Essential

Experience of maintenance repair and minor installations of
Domestic / Healthcare Water and drainage systems.
Experience working in a healthcare environment.
Experience working with contractors. Basic understanding of
working safely with disinfection chemicals.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Certification in Water Hygiene Management / Plumbing.
Level 2 NVQ or equivalent in literacy

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

Able to use hand and simple machine tools
Installation and repair of plumbing and pipework, calorifiers, pumps
and valves. Knowledge of safe isolation of water services.
Knowledge of basic health and safety
Healthcare safe systems of work
Ability to communicate effectively through E mails, Written &
spoken
communication and non-verbal communication.
Polite and presentable, able to understand and carry out complex
tasks accurately, good spoken communication skills, able to relate
to the general public, able to work effectively as part of a team,
able to keep calm and work effectively under pressure.
Able to work outside core hours when required.

Experience

Essential

Experience of maintenance repair and minor installations of
Domestic / Healthcare Water and drainage systems.
Experience working in a healthcare environment.
Experience working with contractors. Basic understanding of
working safely with disinfection chemicals.

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.