Waste Management Officer

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions (CHS) is seeking a Trust Waste Management Officer to develop, implement and manage systems for healthcare waste, recycling and broader environmental initiatives. The role ensures best value for money while maintaining high environmental standards.

The post requires leading Trust-wide programmes, ensuring HTM 07-01 compliance, and developing training, policies and procedures across estates, clinical engineering, procurement and facilities management.

Qualifications

• Understanding HTM 07-01; Safe Management of Healthcare Waste.
• Significant experience in waste management in a healthcare setting.
• Experience delivering policies and standing operating procedures.
• Ability to deliver group training.
• Management and delivery of projects.

Responsibilities

• Safe and effective healthcare waste management for all sites within the Trust and advising the General Manager (Estates).
• Identify opportunities for cost-effective investment in waste minimisation and recycling; produce reports.
• Attend waste management contract meetings with procurement; provide data and feedback to managers.
• Lead Trust Waste Management Committee, reporting to Infection and Prevention Committee.
• Lead for organisational training needs for waste management and awareness.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Teamwork

Budget management

Education

Facilities Management qualification

HNC in Waste Management

CIWM membership

Job description

CHS is able to offer a wide range of services. Our scale enables us to offer competitive rates and we have a long track record of providing high quality, customer-focused services.

We offer comprehensive estates, facilities management, medical engineering, catering solutions and procurement services supporting the provision of safe, effective healthcare to our communities. We are committed to delivering our Green Plan goals of reducing carbon emissions, air pollution, waste generation and improving recycling throughout delivery of our services. We also enable profit to go back into patient care.

CHS recognises that its staff are its greatest asset and that its business is its people. The company aims to create an environment and culture of openness, trust and honesty. We encourage and celebrate diversity because broader perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge will enrich and enhance the value we bring to each other, our clients, shareholders and other stakeholders.

Job overview

The role of the Trust Waste Management Officer is to be the point of contact, and develop, implement and manage systems for the efficient management of healthcare waste, recycling and wider environmental initiatives to ensure the Trust receives best value for money whilst maintaining high environmental standards.

Critical to the success of the role shall be the development of a service that is safe, efficient and which delivers waste segregation as determined in HTM 07-01; The Safe Management of Healthcare Waste.

The role is Trust wide and plays a key role in developing Trust-wide initiatives by ensuring compliance with legislation, meeting national targets by encouraging and promoting organisation wide participation and awareness in environmental projects.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the safe and effective healthcare waste management for all sites within the Trust and advising the General Manager (Estates) on matters specific to the service.
• Identify opportunities for cost effective investment in waste minimisation and recycling schemes, producing and presenting reports / papers to reflect this.
• Attend waste management contract meetings with procurement and providing data and reports and provide feedback to relevant managers where and when necessary.
• The lead for Trust Waste Management Committee, which reports into the Trust Infection and Prevention Committee.
• The lead for the organisations training needs for waste management and its awareness.

Working for our organisation

At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:

• Fully managed estate and building maintenance
• Clinical Engineering and Decontamination
• Procurement advice, guidance and governance
• Capital project management
• Transport
• Grounds maintenance.
• Portering
• Catering
• Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)

All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification below for full details about the role.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate effectively to large groups.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail. Manage a varied workload and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines.
• Able to work both independently and within a team.
• Understanding of contracts in relation to budget management.

Desirable criteria

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to work creatively and propose innovative solutions.
• Effective presentation skills.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Understanding of the HTM07-01; the Safe Management of Healthcare Waste (
• Significant experience in waste management in a healthcare setting.
• Demonstration of working with and producing policies and standing operating procedures.
• Ability to deliver group training.
• Managing and delivering projects.

Desirable criteria

• Significant experience of managing contracts for a multi-site operation 20+ in Healthcare.
• Working knowledge of DGSA regulations.

Qualifications

Desirable criteria

• Facilities Management qualification eg NVQ Level 4 ILM Level 4 or equivalent experience that demonstrates the ability to work at this level.
• HNC in Waste Management or evidence that the candidate is working towards a formal management qualification in waste at a HNC or higher level.
• Membership of an associated professional o organisation/institution e.g. CIWM/ISEP.

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions (CHS) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

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