Deputy Waste Manager

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cherwell District; Sur place; GBP 40 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Deputy Waste Manager to oversee the waste contract, ensure compliance and support the Trust's sustainability targets. You will manage reporting, governance, and collaboration with the Waste Manager to meet NHSE/I requirements.

The role supports Green Plan and Net Zero Carbon initiatives, develops policy changes, and liaises with senior leadership and estates teams to drive safe, compliant waste practices across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• A good general education with City & Guilds Part 3 or BTEC HNC or equivalent knowledge/degree.
• Substantial full-time specialist experience in a complex multi-site environment.
• Experience in contract management including monitoring performance and compliance.
• Awareness and understanding of infection control requirements in healthcare.

Responsabilités

• Manage the Trust's waste contract, including reporting and compliance.
• Ensure legal obligations and stakeholder expectations are met as part of the waste team.
• Support sustainability plans such as Green Plan and Net Zero Carbon initiatives.
• Develop policies and business case justifications for service changes required by savings and regulation.
• Budget-holder for contract non-pay expenditure, meeting financial targets and SFIs.
• Support development and review of strategic waste plans with the Head of Sustainability.
• Analyse products for sharps containment and disposal, providing recommendations based on compliance and risk.
• Communicate complex information and present proposals to Board, senior managers, contractors and estates staff.

Connaissances

Contract management

Budget management

Infection control awareness

Stakeholder communication

Policy development

Formation

City & Guilds Part 3

BTEC HNC

Equivalent knowledge/degree

Description du poste

The Deputy Waste Manager is responsible for the management of the waste contract along with the associated reporting and compliance. As part of the Trust’s waste team, the role is specifically responsible for ensuring the Trust meets its legal obligations and stakeholder expectations including the Waste Manager role definition as required by NHSE&I.

To contribute on the waste dependencies to support the Trust's wider sustainability plans, such as Green Plan and commitments to Net Zero Carbon.

• Support the development of policies and business case justifications for service changes required as a result of savings plans and regulatory requirements.
• Manage all the Trust's directly procured Waste contracts. i.e. contract not procured through the Trust's main PFI contractors.
• Responsible as the budget-holder for the contract non-pay expenditure, meeting financial targets and ensuring full compliance with Trust Standing Financial Instructions.
• Support the development, implementation, and review of the Trust's strategic waste plans as part of the overall Net Zero Carbon initiative and Green Plan, working closely with the Head of Sustainability lead ensuring recycling and reduction targets, along with realistic behaviour change plans are met and reported.
• Analyse and compare products such as UN tested and approved sharps containment and disposal for standardised use with the Trust and provide recommendations to the senior lead for use, based on legal compliance and risk verses effectiveness.
• Provides and receives highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, requiring agreement and/or cooperation.
• Communicates multi-stranded project, financial and contractual information and presents work scheme proposals to Board, senior managers, contractors and estates staff to gain co-operation.

Qualifications

• A good standard general education PLUS A minimum qualification of City & Guilds at part 3 OR BTEC HNC in a related discipline OR Equivalent knowledge and experience to Degree level
• Substantial full-time specialist experience grained from working in a complex multi-site environment.
• Experience of contract management, including monitoring of performance and compliance.
• Awareness and understanding of infection control requirements in a healthcare setting.

Desirable criteria

• ICERMS Healthcare Waste Management Qualifications.
• Line management, training, and facilitation experience.
• Knowledge of the contract tendering, selection, award and implementation process.

About Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

Sexual Safety Charter: In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.