Job summary
- Main area
- Waste Operator
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 275-2410WASTE
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gillingham
- Salary
- £23,615 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Waste Operator
Band 2
Job overview
Waste Operator
Division: Estates and Facilities
Care Group: Soft FM
Band: 2
Salary: £23,615 per annum
Interview Date: 4th November 2024
We are recruiting for a Waste Operator who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Waste operatives are an essential part of the hospital team and their primary aim is the welfare of patients either directly or indirectly. They are also responsible for maintaining a comprehensive, professional and responsive high-quality service to patients, staff, visitors and all service users.
Main duties of the job
To provide an efficient & timely waste collection service to wards and departments within the Trust.
Collection from waste rooms, areas and departments/wards of all types of waste items including but not limited to:
- Hazardous
- Non-hazardous
- Clinical
- Non-clinical
- Offensive
- Domestic
- Waste electrical items
- Plastics
- Scrap metal
- Chemicals
- Waste cardboard in cages and bins
- Laundry items from internal and external allocated store areas to the laundry if required
- Confidential Waste
- Unwanted and waste furniture items for disposal.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To secure any waste areas after use and secure any containers used for the processing, storage and disposal of waste produced by the Trust.
To follow all Trust policies and procedures and to report any accidents or incidents through the trusts incident & reporting system (Datix).
To report any traffic accidents & incidents to the Trusts insurance providers if required to do so in a timely and accurate manner.
To drive on the public highway acting considerately to other road user, following the Highway Code at all times & observing speed limits, parking restrictions & any relevant enforcement restrictions applied by the relevant authorities & co-operate with any relevant officers whilst carrying out their duties.
To have the ability to work as a lone worker if required to do so.
To assist with telephone enquiries and data input if required.
To use Trust vehicles to current procedures and policies and carry out any checks required on any vehicles/equipment utilised for the role. To complete any required paperwork, check sheets & log books & to secure Trust vehicles when not in use in the designated vehicle parking area
unless otherwise specified.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A good level of general education
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An understanding of good health and safety practice
- A knowledge of data protection
- Have knowledge of waste types and understand waste segregation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience & ability of working as part of a team preferably in waste industry or similar
- Ability to prioritise work load and use your own initiative if required to do so
Skills
Essential criteria
- The ability to complete appropriate forms and accurately record messages.
- The ability to manipulate trolleys, cages and containers used for the delivery of items to customers and the ability to lift moderate weights
- The ability to communicate verbally with colleagues and others.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Craig McCulloch
- Job title
- Assistant Facilities Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07397 879987
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