Bank - Environmental Waste Services Officer
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Job summary
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 EstatesManagement Department will form part of an integrated team whose role is to provide the best possible service to the Trust. Environmental ServicesOfficers 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
1. Collect all hospital waste and laundry in accordance with the schedulesset by the Environmental Services Manager.2. Segregate, transport and process specific categories of waste asdictated by the Trust's "Policy for the Management of Waste".3. To operate the Trust's electric vehicles, bulk waste compactionmachines and road sweeper.4. To ensure that all aspects of the Waste Licence Conditions areadhered to.5. Place specific categories of waste in the appropriate skip for off sitedisposal or recycling, as indicated by the Environmental ServicesManager.6. Cleaning of bulk waste storage areas and waste containers as perschedule determined by the Environmental Services Manager.7. Carry out external environmental duties, as per schedule including thecollection of litter, emptying of litter / smoking bins, removal of graffiti,and washing down of external areas when required and podium roofwork i.e. litter removal.8. Provide emergency cover for dealing with discarded needles, blood /human spillages and disposal of animal carcasses in accordance withEnvironmental Regulations.9. Carry out inspections of all mobile equipment used.10.Follow the incident reporting procedure in the event of accidentsoccurring during environmental activities.11.To carry out any other duties, appropriate to the role, as may bedelegated.
About us
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.
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Details
Date posted
04 January 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£22,383 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
287-BANK-7-24
Job locations
Liverpool University Hospitals - All Sites
Liverpool
L9 7AL
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Liverpool University Hospitals - All Sites
Liverpool
L9 7AL
Employer's website
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