Estates Maintenance Support - Decontamination and Water HygieneinTorquayinTorquayPUBLISHED MON 24 MAR 2025
Impactful Role, You play a critical role in maintaining water hygiene and decontamination, ensuring safety and hygiene for patients, staff, and visitors.
Independent Work, The position allows for independence in daily tasks, giving you the freedom to manage your workload effectively.
Flexible Working Hours, Standard shift patterns provide a good work-life balance, and part-time options are available.
Variety in Work, The nature of the role ensures that no two days are the same, allowing for a dynamic work environment.
Team Support, You are part of a small, cohesive team, offering support and collaboration while still working predominantly independently.
Professional Development, The role leverages your technical qualification and industry experience, allowing you to apply and enhance your skills.
Contribute to Healthcare, Working within the NHS framework means your work directly contributes to the overall care and outcomes for patients.
Are you a proactive problem-solver with a passion for creating safe and welcoming environments? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as an Estates Maintenance Support - Water Hygiene and Decontamination at Torbay Hospital. If you hold a Level 2 BTEC/City & Guilds Engineering or Technical qualification, or have equivalent industry experience, we want to hear from you! In this role, you will play a vital part in maintaining the highest hygiene standards, ensuring our water systems are not only compliant but truly safe for patients, visitors, and staff.
As part of a small, supportive team, you'll enjoy the independence of managing your day-to-day tasks, from performing essential water tests to assisting with maintenance duties. Your role will involve Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), taking and recording water temperatures, and maintaining the decontamination plant. We offer a flexible working pattern—choose from a 4-day or 5-day week—allowing you to balance work and life effectively. If you’re ready to make a difference and thrive in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same, we invite you to apply. Join us and be a part of something meaningful! #caretojoinusTSD
As part of a small, supportive team, you'll enjoy the independence of managing your day-to-day tasks, from performing essential water tests to assisting with maintenance duties. Your role will involve Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), taking and recording water temperatures, and maintaining the decontamination plant. We offer a flexible working pattern—choose from a 4-day or 5-day week—allowing you to balance work and life effectively. If you’re ready to make a difference and thrive in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same, we invite you to apply. Join us and be a part of something meaningful! #caretojoinusTSD
Impactful Role, You play a critical role in maintaining water hygiene and decontamination, ensuring safety and hygiene for patients, staff, and visitors.
Independent Work, The position allows for independence in daily tasks, giving you the freedom to manage your workload effectively.
Flexible Working Hours, Standard shift patterns provide a good work-life balance, and part-time options are available.
Variety in Work, The nature of the role ensures that no two days are the same, allowing for a dynamic work environment.
Team Support, You are part of a small, cohesive team, offering support and collaboration while still working predominantly independently.
Professional Development, The role leverages your technical qualification and industry experience, allowing you to apply and enhance your skills.
Contribute to Healthcare, Working within the NHS framework means your work directly contributes to the overall care and outcomes for patients.
Do you hold a level 2 BTEC/City&Guilds Engineering or Technical qualification, or have equivalent training with relevant industry experience?
Do you enjoy problem solving and prefer to work independently in your day to day work?
If you have answered yes to both questions then we want to hear from you!
As an Estates Maintenance Support - Water Hygiene and Decontamination, you will play a key part of the Estates Operations function, carrying out a routine testing regime to the site water systems and decontamination plant within the Torbay Hospital site.
You may also assist the Estates Department with their maintenance work, to help us provide the best environment for patients, visitors and staff.
- You will carry out the hospital water hygiene regime, carrying out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), taking and recording water temperatures and flushing of water systems.
- As part of the routine weekly testing regime of decontamination plant, you will ensure that accurate results are obtained and recorded in line with relevant HTM.
- This role is carried out by small team of three people, so most of your day to day work will be completed independently. The standard shift pattern will be 7.15am - 6.00pm, 4 days per week with 1 rolling rest day, or 5 day week 7.5 hrs per day.
- Part time working will be considered
- We will offer you a varied role where no two days are the same. All we ask in return is that you have some flexibility in order to cover the required duties of the Water and Decontamination role and additional maintenance tasks.
About us
Please take a look at the attached Job Description/ Person Specification for a detailed list of duties and responsibilities.
We look forward to hearing from you.
#caretojoinusTSD
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