Healthcare Service Technician - Eng & Wales Depots

phs Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare services company in Birmingham is looking for a Healthcare Service Technician. Your responsibilities will include driving to customer locations to collect and service waste products, including support for Covid testing stations. The role requires a full UK manual driving licence and flexibility to work 40 hours a week, primarily between 6am and 6pm. The ideal candidate will excel in customer service and have patience for travel. Benefits include 31 days of annual leave and ongoing career development.

Benefits

Company vehicle

Overtime opportunities

Discounts with retailers

24-hour wellbeing helpline

Pension plan

Qualifications

• Full UK Manual Driving Licence for a minimum of 12 months.
• No major driving endorsements in the past 5 years.
• Ability to work flexibly between 6am and 6pm.

Responsibilities

• Drive to allocated customer routes for service.
• Collect and empty offensive and pharmaceutical waste.
• Support Covid testing stations by collecting sealed waste.

Skills

Customer service skills

Patience

Flexible working hours

Education

Full UK Manual Driving Licence

ADR Class 6, 6.1 & 6.2 (preferably)

Job description

Healthcare Service Technician

As a technician, you play a key part in the success of phs. To our customers, you are the face of the company. Your excellent customer service skills help keep our customers happy – and ensure they remain our customers!

As a Service Technicianin our Healthcare division, your time will be split. Half your time will be spent driving prearranged routes to our customers locations (We have a system that works out the most efficient route based on our customer service times). The other half of your time will be spent collecting waste from and servicing products in our customers premises. This currently includes providing support to the nation’s Covid testing stations – but whatever your route for the day, you’ll play a vital part in keeping our customers facilities hygienic and fresh.

A day in the life of a Service Technician at phs will involve;

Driving to our customers on your allocated route.

Emptying Euro Bins containing offensive waste

Collecting Pharmaceutical waste, Hazardous waste, and Sharps containers.

Supporting Covid testing stations by collecting sealed waste

Replacing, emptying other products within our customers Healthcare facilities.

Completing hazardous Consignment notes / Transfer notes.

Returning to your allocated depot every day to empty the waste from the vehicle that was collected.

The ideal candidate for a Service Technician role at phs will :

Have the patience to travel between our customers during busy times (Traffic issues are an unavoidable part of this job)

Be able to work flexibly between the hours of 6am and 6pm, 40 hours per week.

Have held a full UK Manual Driving Licence for a minimum of 12 months (Subject to insurance requirements), with a maximum of 6 points.

Not have DR / DD / CD / TT / IN / AC endorsements in the past 5 years.

Preferably hold a current ADR Class 6, 6.1 & 6.2

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will get :

A salary of £19285 (Based on a 40-hour working week Monday to Friday)

No scheduled weekend working.

13 paydays per year (Every 4 weeks)

Overtime opportunities.

A dedicated company vehicle so you can start working from your own front door.

Ongoing career development opportunities

Discounts with retailers including o2 and F&B.

A 24-hour wellbeing helpline

Pension

• Your annual leave will be 31 days (inclusive of Christmas Day) so you have 30 days to book throughout the holiday year. Due to the nature of our work, bank holidays are normal working days except for Christmas Day.

Although we welcome candidates from all demographics, we recognise we do not have a proportionate number of female technicians in this location currently and would like to rectify this.