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Job summary

Main area
Estates and Facilities
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Bank
Hours
Flexible working
Job ref
287-BANK-81-24
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Liverpool University Hospitals - All Sites
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£22,383 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Bank - Environmental Waste Services Officer

Band 2

Job overview

The designation of Environmental Services Officer applies to a self-motivated member of the workforce. Their duties are to ensure that day-to-day handling and disposal of waste is in accordance with approved practices. The Environmental Services Officer will be employed to cover any post on any shift in the team. Collecting waste and or laundry from areas around the hospital and transport it to the Trust’s Waste Transfer Stations or waste storage points. They will join an integrated team responsible for all waste and laundry collection/storage and external litter collection together with any other environmental service as determined by the Environmental Services Manager.

All Environmental Services Officers in the Capital Planning and Estates Management Department will form part of an integrated team whose role is to provide the best possible service to the Trust. Environmental Services Officers will have both group and individual responsibilities for defined aspects of the service but each will ensure their contribution is beneficial to other departments within the Trust, as well as the Capital Planning and Estates Management Department, so as to fulfil the Trust's overall objectives. 

Main duties of the job

  •  Collect all hospital waste and laundry in accordance with the schedules 
    set by the Environmental Services Manager.
  • Segregate, transport and process specific categories of waste as 
    dictated by the Trust’s “Policy for the Management of Waste”.
  • To operate the Trust’s electric vehicles, bulk waste compaction 
    machines and road sweeper.
  • To ensure that all aspects of the Waste Licence Conditions are 
    adhered to.
  • Place specific categories of waste in the appropriate skip for off site 
    disposal or recycling, as indicated by the Environmental Services 
    Manager.
  • Cleaning of bulk waste storage areas and waste containers as per 
    schedule determined by the Environmental Services Manager.
  • Carry out external environmental duties, as per schedule including the 
    collection of litter, emptying of litter / smoking bins, removal of graffiti, 
    and washing down of external areas when required and podium roof 
    work i.e. litter removal.
  • Provide emergency cover for dealing with discarded needles, blood / 
    human spillages and disposal of animal carcasses in accordance with 
    Environmental Regulations.
  • Carry out inspections of all mobile equipment used.
  • Follow the incident reporting procedure in the event of accidents 
    occurring during environmental activities.
  • To carry out any other duties, appropriate to the role, as may be 
    delegated. 

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder must be able to carry out the physical aspects of all the posts covered  and must be capable of working with minimum supervision. Full training in all aspects of the post will be given.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE or other qualifications/equivalent

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Electric Vehicle Driver License or pass an electric vehicle course
Desirable criteria
  • Full Driving License

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to communicate effectively

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Experience of waste management / handling activities

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring LevelNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committedStep into health

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.

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Temporary Staffing
Job title
Temporary Staffing
Telephone number
0151 529 6999
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