Estates Water Supervisor

The Water Supervisor will provide support to the Water Estates Officer and the wider Estates and Facilities team. The services will be delivered in line with all relevant legislation, regulation, and guidance appertaining to the field of work.

As a member of the Estates department, you will be responsible for the effective management and control of the servicing infrastructure, minor replacement/installations and the associated water related trade staff and maintenance assistants.

Assist to provide assurance on all matters of Water Safety through an estates service.

Take responsibility and ownership for statutory inspections under your delegated area and keep records ensuring the Trust complies with current legislation.

Lead and instruct a team of water biased engineers, providing guidance and assistance on related matters.

Have a wide knowledge and understanding of Healthcare water systems consisting of installation, servicing, maintenance and fault finding.

Have knowledge and understanding of drainage and watercourse systems for Estates guidance.

Organise daily work detail for staff by deploying suitable tasks from job requests generated from the Planet FM system. Reschedule and adjust work priorities to accommodate breakdowns & emergency repairs as they occur during working hours and as a result of feedback from staff and evaluation of work completed

Integrate schedules for servicing plant & equipment, from computer generated PPM’s into staff work schedules along with any additional work identified by Mechanical Engineer or Estates Officers.

Liaise with department heads/clinical managers to arrange access to areas for maintenance and PPM work. Co-ordinate and negotiate out of hours working when necessary.

Closing date of applications: 12/06

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Richard Hill Job title: Senior Estates Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01283 7046523