Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-COR-25-7121468
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Childrens Hospital NHS FT
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Water Safety Officer
NHS AfC: Band 6
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
The primary purpose of the job role is to provide support to the Head of Campus Services and Compliance and the wider Estates and Facilities team to ensure that the Trust are compliant with all current legislation relevant to maintaining safe water systems across all hospital buildings, this includes:
The water Safety officer will provide expert advice and assurance on all matters of Water Safety, serving the needs of the Trust, and partner organisation's, ensuring that the needs and expectations of all stakeholders re met.
Understanding the optimum running parameters for water systems across site and instructing contractors to undertake the correct actions when these fall out of normal operating parameters.
Investigating adverse water quality sample results and providing remediation solutions and helping to maintain communication between all relevant hospital departments to ensure work is planned in and completed to the correct timescales.
Undertaking duties in the absence of the Responsible Person for Water Safety and fulfilling their role as an Authorised Person.
The role will contribute to Water Safety projects, Policies/Procedures, and Water Safety improvement initiatives. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring staff, patients and visitors are able to deliver/receive the required level of care in a safe and appropriate Healthcare environment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will take a lead role with advising, auditing & reporting findings on operational water safety
Work with Trust Authorised Engineer & Head of Campus to develop water safety related risk assessments, audit programme (including monitoring of subsequent action plans), safe water strategy for the hospital.
Manage Trust’s water management information and produce complex monthly management reports on performance of water systems for the Trusts estate and to analyse reports produced by PFI Hard FM Co.
Contribute to Trust wide water safety maintenance, including water temperature monitoring, water sampling in line with the water safety plan for Trust and update as required.
Responsible for producing data including site plans and the database. Comply with the Trust’s quality procedure and to ensure that all work is aligned to relevant HTM/HBN’s.
Act as Deputy Responsible Person for water systems for the Trust.
Provide technical advice and support including control of mechanical contractors appointed on major capital projects and minor upgrade works. Undertake fault finding on complex critical systems and equipment to diagnose and advise. Advise on emergency repairs to water systems. Support the response to legionella/pseudomonas positives ensuring all remedial actions have been completed
Support response to water related emergencies. Chair Operational Water Safety Group reporting to Head of Campus Services and Compliance.
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
· The post holder will take a lead role with advising, auditing & reporting findings on operational water safety within Trust buildings and the safe management of all water related services within.
· Work with Trust Authorised Engineer & Head of Campus Services Compliance to develop water safety related risk assessments, audit programme (including monitoring of subsequent action plans), safe water strategy for the hospital.
· Manage Trust’s water management information and produce complex monthly management reports on performance of water systems for the Trusts estate and to analyse reports produced by PFI Hard FM Co.
· Work with Health & safety Team to advise on flushing compliance to produce monthly reports.
· Contribute to Trust wide water safety maintenance, including water temperature monitoring, water sampling as per Trust water safety plan and water hygiene policy.
· Manage the water safety plan for Trust and update as required.
· Support Trust engineers with water safety
· The post holder will be expected to proactively and continuously update and review the required skills, knowledge and training for this role.
· The post holder will be responsible for producing data to various estates managers and department’s metrics, data, cost data, key ratios and benchmark figures for financial performance indicator use.
· Responsible for the continual update of all estates water related data including, site plans and the database when any changes occur on the hospital site.
· Responsible for ensuring that all drawings and data collection material is kept up to date.
· To comply with the Trust’s quality procedure and to ensure that all work is aligned to relevant HTM/HBN’s
· Act as Deputy Responsible Person for water systems for the Trust.
· To work in hazardous areas taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment.
· Provide technical advice and support including control of mechanical contractors appointed on major capital projects and minor upgrade works.
· Undertake fault finding on complex critical systems and equipment to diagnose and advise.
· Witness contractors undertaking detailed commissioning tests on new and refurbished domestic water systems.
· To advise on emergency repairs to water systems.
· To support the response to legionella/pseudomonas positives ensuring all remedial actions have been completed; including liaison with IPCC, Mitie and testing contractors.
· To monitor the Trust sampling regime and implement change as required.
· Support response to water related emergencies.
· Chair Operational Water Safety Group reporting to Head of Campus Services and Compliance.
· Prepare reports for Water Safety Group as required.
· To input (with our designated A/E) into the design of Domestic Water systems as required.
Person specification
Written / Verbal
Essential criteria
- • Degree level, or equivalent professional qualification relating to Water Safety and/or experience in Built Environment/Trade qualification. • Understanding of Health & safety legislation and its application to a healthcare environment.
- • Detailed experience of water systems guidance and safe practice • Previous experience of managing complex water systems • Working knowledge of closed water systems • Experience of Estates database information • Experience of auditing documents and procedures. • Experience of dealing with Health and safety issues. • Experience of writing reports and presenting them.
- • Technical specifications Reviews inc. • Understanding of HTMs, HBNs and other relevant legislation. • Understanding of Borehole management. • Understanding of hot and cold water systems in large complex buildings. • Understanding of L8 and HSG 274 parts 1-3. • Understanding of water sampling procedures.
- • Both team working skills and ability to work on own • Report writing skills Ability to extracting information from O&M manuals • IT proficient in MS Office packages. • The ability to work independently and make decisions. • Ability to work in a professional manner. • Ability to communicate effectively with all healthcare staff across site and maintain good working relationships. • Ability to assess and diagnose faults and issues with systems and equipment. • Good team working. • Ability to interpret and present sets of data. • Ability to communicate effectively with contractors working onsite. • Ability to solve challenging problems. • A positive attitude. • Organised and able to manage complex workloads.
Desirable criteria
- BTEC ONC/HNC qualified in Mechanical Engineering BTEC HTM 04 Responsible Person (Water) trained Associate Membership of recognised industry body (IHEEM)
- Knowledge of NHS guidance and HBNs/HTMs. Experience in combining practical operational Water Safety; and experience in enforcement and risk assessment. Thorough knowledge of the application of current Water safety legislation to a range of premises. Experience in Healthcare specific Water Safety. Working knowledge of Water legislation and Agreed Codes of Practice Experience of healthcare engineering or estate management, or equivalent. Experience of preparing and delivering training courses Ability to create / modify computer aided design (CAD) drawings. Experience of managing staff. Experience of working in Water Safety within the Healthcare Sector. Experience of delivering Water Safety training at all levels. Understanding of Water Engineering principles.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Gildea
- Job title
- Head of Campus & Compliance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01512284811
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