Water Hygiene Operative | The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £32,199 - £34,876 Pa inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 December 2025 |
| Location: | Uxbridge, UB8 3NN |
| Company: | The Hillingdon Hospital |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7604941/394-Corp-7604941DT |
Summary
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.
1. Provide Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) on hot, cold and closed water systems toHTM 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 currentHTM 04 – 01, HSG 274, ACoP L8 andHealth and Safety legislation.
5. Carrying out Disinfection & chlorination on both hot and cold-water systemsand 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. Submittingaccurate 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 andany 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, PDA’s 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.
This advert closes on Friday 5 Dec 2025