At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive water quality and safety compliance across all Trust sites, ensuring patient safety.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking healthcare Trust committed to innovation and excellence.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, staff wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for leadership and cross-site collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in healthcare by ensuring safe water practices.
- Qualifications: Engineering degree or equivalent, with experience in water hygiene management.
The predicted salary is between 53937 - 65923 £ per year.
In this role you drive water quality and safety compliance across all Trust sites, aligning with clinical and operational leads to meet regulatory standards. You lead on water hygiene and act as the professional advisor on water-related operations, reporting to senior management and supporting audit accreditations. The role involves delivering complex compliance programmes, managing contractor activities, and representing the Environment Division in governance forums. You will work across sites, including out-of-hours, to ensure robust action plans where gaps are found and to uphold patient safety and regulatory obligations.
Pay / Benefits
- flexible working
- staff wellbeing and development
- commitment to innovation in clinical care
- opportunities to contribute to digital healthcare initiatives
Responsibilities
- Lead implementation of compliance processes and systems across all sites with operational and clinical leads
- Identify water safety, SAP/AP, quality or hygiene risks and escalate to senior management
- Provide robust management reports with exception-based deficiencies within regulations
- Prepare board briefings and reports detailing legislative requirements
- Design, update policies, standards, SOPs, written schemes and management plans for water quality
- Manage contractors and sub-contractors for planned maintenance, remedial or capital works
- Participate in Estates out-of-hours on-call rota
- Travel between Trust sites and work across normal and out-of-hours periods
- Undertake other duties as required by Estates Operations Manager or senior managers
Key requirements
- Engineering Masters Degree or HND/HNC or equivalent
- Post CPD
- Desirable RP appointment for Water Hygiene/Safety; SAP or AP experience
- Detailed knowledge of HTM 04-01 and water-related statutory instruments, ACOPs and SOPs
- IT literacy; healthcare environment experience
- Experience in a senior Water Hygiene role within a healthcare setting
- Policy development, written schemes or safety plans production
- leadership and team collaboration
- clear communication and advisory capability
- problem solving and risk assessment
- water quality and safety management
- ACOPs, HTM standards, SOPs
- risk assessment and incident management
Band 7 - Water Safety Manager, Environment employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
