Bank - Environmental Waste Operative / Driver – Band 2

Job overview

The designation of Environmental Services Officer applies to a self-motivated  member of the workforce. Their duties are to ensure that day-to-day handling  and disposal of waste is in accordance with approved practices. The  Environmental Services Officer will be employed to cover any post on any  shift in the team. Collecting waste and or laundry from areas around the  hospital and transport it to the Trust’s Waste Transfer Stations or waste  storage points. They will join an integrated team responsible for all waste and  laundry collection/storage and external litter collection together with any other environmental service as determined by the Environmental Services  Manager.

Main duties of the job

All Environmental Services Officers in the Capital Planning and Estates  Management Department will form part of an integrated team whose role is to provide the best possible service to the Trust. Environmental Services Officers will have both group and individual responsibilities for defined aspects of the service but each will ensure their contribution is beneficial to other departments within the Trust, as well as the Capital Planning and Estates Management Department, so as to fulfil the Trust's overall objectives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Based on the above job definition a member of Environmental Services must have the ability to use initiative and fulfil with total commitment, versatility and flexibility, a requirement to: -

1. Collect all hospital waste and laundry in accordance with the schedules  set by the Environmental Services Manager. 2. Segregate, transport and process specific categories of waste as  dictated by the Trust’s “Policy for the Management of Waste”. 3. To operate the Trust’s electric vehicles, bulk waste compaction  machines and road sweeper. 4. To ensure that all aspects of the Waste Licence Conditions are  adhered to. 5. Place specific categories of waste in the appropriate skip for off site  disposal or recycling, as indicated by the Environmental Services  Manager.