Environmental Services Porter

Job overview

Environmental Services Porter will assist the Team Leader for the Process and Resource Manager and his/her staff in providing an efficient waste collection service for all  wastes generated from the Trust.

Waste Collectors will assist the team Leader to deliver the Collection Schedules; including dirty and infected laundry, cardboard/sharps, biohazard/hazardous clinical wastes and recyclables in accordance with the following list of duties.

Main duties of the job

Environmental Services Porter will assist in providing an efficient waste collection service for all wastes generated from the Trust.

Environmental Services Porter will assist the Deputy Environmental Services Manager to deliver the Collection Schedules; including dirty and infected laundry, cardboard/sharps, biohazard/hazardous clinical wastes and recyclables in accordance with current legislation.

The role is to to collect and transport all types of waste in a busy industrial environment with a customer lead focus. Assisting the Deputy environmental manager to deliver a seamless collection service for laundry, cardboard, sharps, biohazard or hazardous clinical waste or recyclable waste streams.

Collect all hospital clinical waste, cardboard and clinical sharps, dirty and infected laundry in accordance with schedules set by the Environmental Services Manager.

Communicate with Ward Management if wastes are not presented for collection in accordance with Policy, and to report non-conformances to the Team Leader.

To respond to radio generated collections in a timely manner, and pass accurate information back to Radio Controller if jobs are unable to be completed.

To ensure that all collections from clinical waste storage areas are completed as per work schedules, and are checked on a regular basis.   Collections may vary according to Incinerator plant availability, and own initiative must be used at all times.

To complete tasks unsupervised at all times when on shift.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -    or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 28th June 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 6th July 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.