Job summary
Key Member of the Facilities Management Team.
Ensure the Trust is fully compliant with waste, recycling, environmental, and sustainability regulations.
Provide advice to the Trust on matters relating to waste management and sustainability initiatives.
Develop effective relationships with service users, key stakeholders, external agencies, contractors, and staff.
This role is based at Doncaster Royal Infirmary; however, this is a Trust-wide position with the expectation to travel across sites.
Interviews have been scheduled for Thursday 13th March. Please be aware of this when applying.
Main duties of the job
1. Responsible Lead for the contract management of waste management services across the Trust.
2. Responsible Lead in providing advice to the Trust on matters relating to the management of waste and sustainability initiatives.
3. Deliver efficiencies and service improvements, cost savings, advise best practices, and develop the Trust waste and sustainability strategy.
4. Deputise for the Trust's Sustainability Lead as necessary, including reporting monthly progress.
5. Co-ordinate organization-wide data collection to monitor progress against sustainability key performance indicators and enable regular internal and external reporting.
6. Provide support to the Head of Facilities and Facilities Leads to ensure service strategies are in place, adequate resources, and skills expertise to ensure a safe, secure, high-quality environment and deliver on key performance indicators.
7. The post holder will provide support in the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and Service Level Agreements.
About us
DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
* Extensive range of learning opportunities
* NHS Pension Scheme
* Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
* Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
* NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemes
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, and finance through external providers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.
Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
* Management experience of working within a Facilities Environment
* Experience of waste management systems including Waste Management Regulations and Statutory Legislation - Department of Health 07-01 Safe Management of Healthcare Waste Requirements.
* Experience in producing reports and presenting data clearly and concisely.
* Knowledge and experience of Healthcare Waste Management.
* Up-to-date knowledge and understanding of current priorities within the NHS, and the decarbonisation/sustainability agenda
* Knowledge of NHS frameworks and policies, governing bodies, and assessment processes.
Desirable
* Project Management.
Qualifications/Training
Essential
* Degree - Facilities Management, Waste Management, Sustainability or equivalent/management/Estates & Facilities experience.
* Proven track record with continued professional development.
Desirable
* Member status of a relevant professional institute, e.g., IEMA or CIWM
* Contracts management/Project management/Dangerous goods certificate
Personal Attributes and Skills
Essential
* Possess leadership skills.
* Ability to develop effective relationships with a range of stakeholders internally and externally.
* Ability to influence and operate effectively.
* Pro-active and effective approach to ensure operational requirements are met.
* Agile worker, willingness to travel and work flexibly.
* Ability to cope with competing demands, managing priorities within tight deadlines.
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.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Address
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Armthorpe Road
Doncaster
DN2 5LT
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