Environmental Waste Operative - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

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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.

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.

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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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.