Main area Environmental Waste Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: 37.5 hours per week Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Shifts over 7 days) Job ref 287-CEF-48-25
Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Liverpool Hospital
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £24,169 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/04/2025 23:59
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.
They will join an integrated team responsible for all waste and manual sweeping of hospital grounds including streets and other areas (which can include footways, alleys, subways, under and around street furniture etc). Empty litter bins, ensure that the liners are replaced properly, and collect sweepers bags from agreed pick-up points. The operating of a water jet wash to clean walkways and loading bays.
Main duties of the job
1. Collect all hospital waste and laundry in accordance with the schedules set by the Environmental Services Supervisor.
2. Segregate, transport and process specific categories of waste as dictated by the Trust’s “Policy for the Management of Waste”.
3. Operate the Trust’s electric vehicles and bulk waste compaction machines.
4. Ensure that all aspects of the Waste Permit Conditions are adhered to.
5. Place specific categories of waste in the appropriate skip for off-site disposal or recycling, as indicated by the Environmental Services Supervisor.
6. Clean bulk waste storage areas and waste containers as per schedule determined by the Environmental Services Supervisor.
7. Carry out external environmental duties, including the collection of litter and emptying of bins.
8. Carry out inspections of all mobile equipment used.
9. Follow the incident reporting procedure in the event of accidents occurring during environmental activities.
10. 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GCSE or other qualifications/equivalent
* Electric Vehicle Driver License or pass an electric vehicle course
* Full UK Drivers Licence
Experience
* Working as part of a team
* Working with the public
* Experience of waste management / handling activities
* Experience of operating electric vehicles or other plant
Skills
* Good verbal communication skills.
Other
* Willingness to learn
* Flexibility
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
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