Job vacancy: Waste Manager, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow

Job summary

Main area: Waste Manager
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 292-7198534-EF

Employer: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex
Town: Harlow
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/05/2025 23:59

Waste Manager

NHS AfC: Band 5

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

Our values

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Waste Manager will be responsible for implementing The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust waste policy procedures

· The post-holder will contribute to a wide range of environmental activities, including behavioural change programmes, sustainability and net zero initiatives, and support the delivery of The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust environmental objectives and relevant commitments with the Trust Green Plan.

· Undertake and manage the operational procedures as per The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust waste policy

· Collate, analyse and present waste and environmental performance data / information to a wide range of stakeholders for the purpose of exploring opportunities to improving The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust waste and environmental performances.

· The Waste Manager will also be responsible promoting the benefits of good environmental management practices.

· Ensuring compliance with all relevant environmental regulations and standards including Health Technical Memorandum (HTMs).

. Update the waste and environmental aspects of the risk registers where applicable

· Coordinate waste duty of care audits, hazardous wastes pre-acceptance audits and collate all waste data required for ERIC submission and NHS England / Improvement (NHSE/I) quarterly returns.

· Coordinate waste and environmental audit and management programme in line with environmental aspects and relevant regulations and standards.

· Provide information required to ensure that the Trust meets its Freedom of Information (FOI) and other statutory responsibilities.

· Implement changes to the design and development of processes, techniques, and deliverables for waste management

· Coordinate and analyse stakeholder feedback to help define needs and requirements and the design and planning of waste initiatives.

· Plan, organise and implement Trust-wide events and campaigns, to promote waste and environmental compliance.

· Ensure that all waste management contracts are managed in line with key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreement (SLA).

· Attendance of waste collective and management services contract management and performance review meetings.

· Review the business continuity plan of the Trusts appointed waste collection service contractors.

· Coordinate the Trusts participation in national and international environmental and waste management campaigns.

· Collaborate with the communications team to promote sustainability waste initiatives and achievements.

· Actively support the delivery of the Trusts Green Plan.

· Responsible for reviewing and updating waste management policy and procedures.

· Responsible for the operational implementation of waste management

Person specification

Education & Qualification

Essential criteria

Degree Level qualification in Waste or Environmental related subject
GCSE Grades A-C including English & Maths
ICERMS Healthcare Waste Management Qualification
Knoweledge and understanding of waste and environmental legislation and best practice

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of waste management in a large and complex organisation (ideally within the NHS or similar organisation)
Experience of delivering training on waste to a wide ranging audience
Experience of managing staff, including recruitment, capability, disciplinary and absence management

Desirable criteria

Investigation experience and completing incident reports
Experience of completing Risk Assessment

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

Budget & Financial Management
Digital skills, such as Microsoft office, which includes Teams, Outlook, Excel and Powerpoint
Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.

What we can offer you:

Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
Free car parking for our staff
Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
Access to NHS Pension scheme
Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
Onsite creche facilities
Annual appraisals with career pathways
In-house training courses
Discounted hospital restaurant
Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision

Important information

Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn

Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

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.

Documents to download

Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 344.6KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Kelvin Langford
Job title: LSMS Manager
Email address: [email protected]

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Waste Manager

NHS AfC: Band 5

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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