• Job Description

  Req#: C9210-25-0315?language=en&page=242&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week

  The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Estates Department would like to appoint a Water Safety Technician (Plumber)

  You will work predominantly days, based on site at The Countess of Chester Hospital. There will be the opportunity to work overtime, which will attract enhanced rates of pay. You will also be part of a team providing on call cover during periods of sickness and annual leave (after a probationary period) and again this will attract an additional on call payment plus any additional hours worked and mileage reimbursement.

  This role receives an additional recruitment and retention payment of £3277 per annum. The Trust offers a generous benefits package including a career average pension scheme and annual leave entitlement commencing at 27 days increasing to a maximum of 33 days per annum plus bank holidays with service.

  The Estates Department values the importance of enabling their team to personally grow and develop within the Trust. The team is very flexible and supportive and work together collaboratively internally and externally to achieve its goals, so it is exciting time to join them.

  You will become an active member of the team working to promote good working practice, minimise downtime and assist in improving standards. You will be capable of interacting with staff at all levels on a day-to-day basis and will need to possess excellent communication skills.

  Main duties of the job

  1. You will undertake work in a safe and effective manner, complying with all relevant safety legislation and procedures; to comply with ESTATES DEPARTMENT HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES MANUAL on any work undertaken.

  2. As a Water Safety Technician, you will be required to test water temperatures, fit POU Filters, change shower heads and disinfect and chlorinate pipework plus take water samples.

  3. You will carry out maintenance tasks including statutory, mandatory, planned preventative and reactive maintenance.

  4. You will undertake the unblocking of drains both internal and external, in some cases working closely with specialist contractors, often without supervision.

  5. You will have a wide knowledge of all types of plumbing and drainage systems including direct and indirect heating calorifiers, gas fired boilers and steam systems and be capable of undertaking necessary repairs.

  6. You will understand and identify issues addressed on Legionnaire and Pseudomonas Risk Assessments.

  About us

  The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

  • The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
  • Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
  • Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

  The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

  The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

  Details

  Date posted

  01 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £26,530 to £29,114 a year pa

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  210-2025-473

  Job locations

  Countess Of Chester Hospital

  Liverpool Road

  Chester

  CH2 1UL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  See Job Description for further details.

  Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

  Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

  You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.

  New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

  Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

  Good luck with your application.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  See Job Description for further details.

  Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

  Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

  You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.

  New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

  Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

  Good luck with your application.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Recognised craft apprenticeship in plumbing and appropriate BTEC Level or City & Guilds certificate plus relevant post apprenticeship training or equivalent experience

  Desirable

  • Legionella Training
  • Additional experience/training in adjacent trades of joinery, mechanical engineering.

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in a multidiscipline organisation

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in an acute hospital environment

  Skill and Abilities

  Essential

  • Good written and verbal communication skills.

  Desirable

  • Manual Handling training

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Recognised craft apprenticeship in plumbing and appropriate BTEC Level or City & Guilds certificate plus relevant post apprenticeship training or equivalent experience

  Desirable

  • Legionella Training
  • Additional experience/training in adjacent trades of joinery, mechanical engineering.

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in a multidiscipline organisation

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in an acute hospital environment

  Skill and Abilities

  Essential

  • Good written and verbal communication skills.

  Desirable

  • Manual Handling training

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Countess Of Chester Hospital

  Liverpool Road

  Chester

  CH2 1UL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Countess Of Chester Hospital

  Liverpool Road

  Chester

  CH2 1UL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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