
Job requirements
Essential
6 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Workskill
Knowledge of NHS Waste steams
- Essential & Desirable Criteria
GCSE English and Math's or equivalent
- Essential & Desirable Criteria
Knowledge of Administrative or clerical systems and processes
- Essential & Desirable Criteria
Good use of IT systems with previous experience of audit
- Essential & Desirable Criteria
Knowledge of Health Technical Memorandum 07-01 Safe and Sustainable Management of Healthcare Waste
- Essential & Desirable Criteria
Accuracy and attention to detail
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Workskill
Experience of auditing
- Essential & Desirable Criteria
ECDL or recognized typing qualification or relevant experience
- Essential & Desirable Criteria
NVQ 2 in Administration or equivalent experience
- Essential & Desirable Criteria
Awareness of NHS structure and current challenges
- Essential & Desirable Criteria
Excellent customer relation skills
Job overview
To work as part of a team carrying out comprehensive cleanliness and or waste audits
To be responsible for the reporting on the data to the Logistics Services Management Team and the Waste and Compliance Manager, service users and colleagues both within the Logistics Services Team and across the organisation
Providing administration support for the Waste Management Team.
Main duties of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Plan workload around Cleanliness and /or Waste Audit priorities and timescales
- Prioritise workload to meet service demands and to work on own initiative to support Management Team with both the Cleanliness Audits / Waste Audits and Administration Support
- Participate in an annual appraisal, identify and action own personal development needs and establish personal supervision/mentorship
- Undertake and participate in all mandatory training as required by the Trust
- Assist in the smooth day to day running of the Waste Management Service, undertake other duties which are appropriate to the level of this post. These may relate to other departments within Facilities and/or other sites as requested by the Logistics Services Management Team.
- To undertake cleanliness and / or waste audits across all areas in line with the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness and HTM 07-01 Safe Management of Healthcare waste
- To collect the data from the cleanliness and or waste audits and upload into Microsoft excel spreadsheets
- To prepare audit reports for the Waste Service, discuss findings including feedback of any issues or concerns identified in the audit with the management team for that area
- To run reports, collating and analysing data from the audits and update missing information liaising with service users across the organisation when required, to ensure excellent data quality
- To support the implementation of action plans with both the service users and cleaning staff
- To ensure that up to date written and electronic records are monitored and maintained in accordance with trust standard operating procedures and policies.
- To provide administration support to the Logistics Services Management Team and Energy Waste and Sustainability manager (as appropriate), undertaking general administration duties including photocopying, scanning and filing
- Deal with general Waste enquiries, answering the telephone, redirecting enquiries to the Logistics Services Management Team or Energy Waste and sustainability Manager where appropriate
- Input and manage data onto spreadsheet as required by the Logistics Services Management Team and the Energy Waste and Sustainability Manager
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Auditor and Administration support - Logistics Service - Blackbun with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust in Blackburn, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Auditor role. The advertised salary is £25,272 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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