Healthcare Service Technician

PHS Group Ltd.; Ashford; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

PHS Group Ltd. is seeking a Healthcare Service Technician to manage customer sites, ensuring hygiene and freshness while collecting waste. Candidates should possess excellent customer service skills, a full UK driving license, and ideally hold relevant ADR certifications. The full-time role offers a salary of £25,590 and various benefits including a dedicated company vehicle, overtime opportunities, and a discount card.

Benefits

Overtime opportunities

Dedicated company vehicle

Career development opportunities

PHS Perks discount card

24-hour wellbeing helpline

Pension scheme

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Holds a full UK manual driving license for at least 12 months with no more than 6 points.
• Does not have DR/DD/CD/TT/IN/AC endorsements in the past 5 years.
• Preferably holds a current ADR Class 6, 6.1 & 6.2 certification.

Responsibilities

• Driving to customer sites on assigned routes.
• Collecting pharmaceutical waste and hazardous materials.
• Maintaining hygiene and freshness in customer facilities.

Skills

Customer Service

Flexibility

Patience

Education

Full UK Manual Driving License

ADR Class 6, 6.1 & 6.2 Certification

Job description

Healthcare Service Technician

As a technician, you play a key role in the success of phs. To our customers, you are the face of the company. Your excellent customer service skills help keep our customers satisfied and loyal.

As a Service Technician in our Healthcare division, your time will be divided between driving prearranged routes to customer locations (using an efficient routing system) and servicing products at customer premises. This includes supporting the nation's Covid testing stations by collecting waste, but your primary role is to maintain hygiene and freshness in our customers' facilities.

A typical day involves:

1. Driving to customer sites on your assigned route.
2. Emptying Euro Bins containing offensive waste.
3. Collecting pharmaceutical waste, hazardous waste, and sharps containers.
4. Supporting Covid testing stations by collecting sealed waste.
5. Replacing or emptying other products in healthcare facilities.
6. Completing hazardous consignment and transfer notes.
7. Returning daily to your depot to unload collected waste.

The ideal candidate:

1. Has patience for traveling between customers, even during busy times with traffic.
2. Can work flexibly between 6 am and 6 pm, 40 hours per week.
3. Holds a full UK manual driving license for at least 12 months with no more than 6 points.
4. Does not have DR/DD/CD/TT/IN/AC endorsements in the past 5 years.
5. Preferably holds a current ADR Class 6, 6.1 & 6.2 certification.

Benefits include:

• Salary of £25,590 based on a 40-hour week, Monday to Friday.
• No weekend scheduled work.
• 13 pay periods per year (every 4 weeks).
• Overtime opportunities.
• A dedicated company vehicle.
• Career development opportunities.
• PHS Perks discount card at over 850 retailers.
• 24-hour wellbeing helpline.
• Pension scheme.
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays (total 31 days).

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and aim to increase diversity, particularly encouraging more female technicians in this location.

About phs:

Founded in 1963, phs Group is the UK's leading hygiene services provider, serving over 120,000 customers across various sectors including washrooms, healthcare, and floorcare, in the UK, Spain, and Ireland.

Our services include hygiene consumables, workwear, waste management, and compliance solutions.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all staff can bring their true selves to work without fear of discrimination.