Main area Estates, Facilities & Capital Development Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week Job ref 188-THQ2241024-A
Site Southampton General Hospital Town Southampton Salary £23,615 pa or pa pro rata Closing 17/01/2025 23:59 Interview date 04/02/2025
Job overview
The recruitment team at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) are delighted to be able to offer a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly waste management team and be part of our expanding service.
UHS offers fantastic training and development giving you the best possible opportunities to achieve the career you want. The development of our staff is central to the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective care.
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Responsibilities
To provide an efficient, reliable and high-quality Waste Management Service to UHS. Waste Management Services collects, segregates, stores and removes both clinical and domestic waste from the site.
* To ensure all waste types IE Orange bagged Yellow bagged Tiger Striped Clinical waste, Black bagged Domestic Waste and Soiled Linen are collected from each sluice room or holding room from each level on each work round as per the schedule that each Operative is assigned.
* To follow the waste policies to ensure that the Waste groups should never be mixed IE Orange/Yellow/Tiger Bagged Clinical, Black Bagged Domestic, Soiled Linen, Confidential or Recycled Products.
* To adhere to the Trust Waste Policy by ensuring that all waste is disposed of in the appropriate containers.
* To follow the Departmental security procedures by ensuring Clinical Waste Bin Must be kept locked with keys provided at all times.
* To carry out site Presentation Duties on a daily basis.
* To ensure all Clinical and Domestic Waste Bins in all sluice rooms, Holding rooms and designated areas are cleaned on a monthly basis.
* All staff will assist with the department in meetings its Duty Of Care in maintaining a clean and tidy, safe working disposal service.
Please refer to the job description for a detailed list of duties, any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Qualifications / training required
* Basic literacy and numeracy skills including clear verbal communication skills
* Moving & Handling
Previous or relevant experience necessary
* Working in a team environment
* Has previous experience of use of Bailers/Compactors or specialized waste equipment
* Working in a customer facing role
Values/Behaviours
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
Our commitment to equality
Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
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