Waste Management Officer | Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd is seeking a Waste Management Officer to lead healthcare waste, recycling and environmental initiatives. You will ensure HTM 07-01 compliant waste segregation, drive cost-effective schemes, and provide data reporting to support value for money across Trust sites.

The role requires strategic development of Trust-wide waste management, training and raising awareness, with close collaboration with Estates, Infection Prevention and Procurement teams.

Formación

• Experience in healthcare waste management and HTM 07-01 standards.
• Ability to develop and implement waste management systems and processes.
• Experience presenting reports and recommendations to management.

Responsabilidades

• Be the point of contact for healthcare waste management across the Trust.
• Identify cost-effective opportunities for waste minimisation and recycling.
• Attend waste management contract meetings with procurement and provide data.
• Lead the Trust Waste Management Committee and report to Infection Prevention Committee.
• Coordinate training needs for waste management and raise awareness.

Conocimientos

Waste management

Data reporting & presentations

Committee leadership

Training & development

Descripción del empleo

Waste Management Officer | Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd

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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.

• 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.

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
• 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.

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