(*) Waste Porter

VerseOne Group; Basildon; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Basildon is seeking a Waste Porter to support the hospital’s waste portering service. You will handle clinical, domestic, and recycling waste across the site in line with Trust policies and procedures, ensuring safe and compliant disposal.

The role requires good communication and organisational skills, the ability to work as part of a team, and flexibility to cover holidays and sickness. Driving license is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience in a service environment.
• Ability to organise and prioritise work to meet time scales.

Responsibilities

• Provide refuse collection for clinical, domestic, glass, paper and recycling waste from points trust-wide.
• Collect yellow/orange clinical waste and other waste to the compactors observing policy.
• Collect cardboard from dedicated holds and compact.
• Collect glass and bottles to waste compound for disposal.
• Collect paper/confidential waste and computer waste in bin to waste compound, maintaining confidentiality.
• Cover annual holidays and sickness for the department.

Skills

Waste services

Organisational skills

Physical fitness

Pressure management

Education

Basic numeracy & literacy

5 GCSE

Driving license

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

(**) Waste Porter

The closing date is 11 November 2026

We are looking for motivated individuals with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who are dedicated to working as part of the team.

Basildon Hospital are looking for general waste porters to provide an effective waste portering service to the entire hospital ensuring that Legislative guidance, Trust Policies, Procedures and Practices are complied with.

Working as part of a team the role provides a comprehensive service in all weathers and includes all waste streams which are collected and delivered in accordance with the schedules. There is also a requirement to be flexible in working practices to meet the change in opertational needs.

Main duties of the job

We will undertake all waste portering tasks which will include:

To provide a refuse collection service for clinical waste, domestic waste, glass, paper, cardboard and package recycling waste from collection points trust wide in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures, waste Management Policy.

To collect both Yellow/Orange Clinical waste, domestic waste and recyclable waste from dedicated waste holds/collection points, remove to compactor in wastecompound and compact waste, observing Trust Policy and Procedure.

To collect cardboard from dedicated waste holds/collection points and compact in the recycled cardboard compactor.

To collect glass and bottles from dedicated waste holds/collection points and removes to waste compound for disposal.

To collect paper/confidential waste and computer waste in black wheelie bin, take to waste compound. Ensuring that confidentiality and security is maintained at all times.

To cover annual holidays and sickness of dedicated departmental waste porter across the range of duties.

This is not an exhaustive list.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Experience

• Previous experience of working in a service environment
• Ability to organise and prioritise work so that duties are completed within given time scales.

Education

• Basic Numeracy and literacy skills and an ability to follow procedures.
• 5 GCSE
• Driving license

Skills

• Physically fit and active Ability to cope well under pressure
• Previous experience within waste services

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£25,272 a yearPer Annum Pro Rata for Part Time