Job responsibilities
Form part of a multi-disciplinary
team whose role is to provide and maintain a high quality, functional built
environment to The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, which serves the needs of
the practitioners that deliver healthcare services, primarily across 3 hospital
sites located in Wakefield, Pontefract, and Dewsbury.
Contribute to and play a leading
role in the trusts overall green plan delivery in respect of both carbon
reduction and linked projects relating to other sustainability goals.
Work alongside the trusts
energy & sustainability manager to deliver energy efficiency schemes,
deep building retrofits (to move the trust towards low carbon heating systems),
and on-site renewable energy generation projects, such as solar PV carports
over car parking spaces.
Be an agent of transformation and
innovation, to embed changes to behaviours and organisational culture and to
help implement and normalise sustainability within everything the trust does.
Develop effective systems within
the trust for domestic dry mixed recycling (DMR) waste and other waste
recyclate streams in collaboration with internal colleagues and other
organisations, locally and on a national basis.
Promote compliant and
sustainable waste segregation practices and support any campaigns that aim to
improve staff adherence to rules and to align with relevant targets, by working
closely with operational colleagues to ensure waste segregation is undertaken
effectively (and safely), and pre-collection storage is adequate and
well-coordinated.
Collaborate with colleagues to
record, analyse, and report instances of contamination within waste streams,
quantify associated financial penalties, and highlight the worst internal
offenders, to try to root out needless cost pressures borne by the trust.
Help raise awareness of all
applicable waste disposal procedures to achieve optimal waste prevention,
minimisation, and recycling rates by reviewing waste stream datasets against
the trusts waste management framework.
Contract manage any commercial
arrangements put in place for the collection of recyclates, including
performance monitoring of any such agreements, liaison with suppliers,
compliance auditing, and participation in any formal review meetings alongside
the procurement and facilities departments.
Participate in periodic reviews
of the trusts waste disposal policies and practices to propose changes to
practices and procedures that improve sustainability within the trust, as
necessary.
Support the trusts waste
consultant and/or internal specialists to deliver annual audits of waste
disposal service providers to ensure compliance with duty of care requirements
under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act and more generally, the
NHS-specific Health Technical Memoranda (HTM) 07-01 as well.
Assume an integral role in the
delivery of the trusts green travel plan, including any periodic updates that
may be required to keep it current and robust, and independencies and
interfaces with other key areas, such as car parking, changes made to the way
staff work, and advancements within models of care.
Help to chair and coordinate the
trusts sustainable transportation and mobility working group, with
responsibilities for securing engagement with and involvement of relevant 3rd
party partners, such as local authorities, the West Yorkshire Combined
Authority, and groups such as Sustrans and Living Streets.
Initiate and manage projects to
drive positive modal shift change and active travel amongst staff, visitors,
and patients.
Work with the trusts fleet team
to enact a plan for electrification of vehicles the trust owns or leases,
including the corresponding infrastructure required.
Roll-out EV charging
infrastructure within trust owned car parks for both staff and
patients/visitors.
Liaise with colleagues regarding
potential sustainability innovations, carrying out pilot initiatives, and feeding
into or leading on new projects in linked areas, with a particular focus on
emissions from treatments, resource use circularity, reducing supply chain
waste and packaging, and minimising clinical or corporate practices that lead
to avoidable waste.
Play an instrumental role in
enhancing biodiversity across our sites to help feed into local nature recovery
strategies and to link in with initiatives to reconnect people (staff and
patients) with nature as part of greenspace-led health and wellbeing projects.
Study and assess our greenspace
assets such as trees present onsite to estimate and value the ecosystem
services they provide and the natural capital they underpin, using established
techniques.
Lead on the trusts work to undertake
climate vulnerability assessments and to develop a corresponding climate change
adaptation and resilience plan to help minimise and mitigate the effects of
future risks.
Play a role in the trusts key
operational and strategic working groups as required and provide
information/advice on any sustainability-centric queries as one of the trusts
designated subject matter experts.
Ensure compliance for
sustainability-based projects specifically with all relevant legislation,
regulations, codes of practice, technical guidance, and organisational policies
specific to waste, sustainability, and wider environmental issues.
Coordinate and manage the work of
the trusts sustainability coordinator, to monitor the implementation of
sustainability policies and initiatives and report progress to senior
management and stakeholders.
Conduct sustainability
assessments with others in the sustainability team to identify areas where the
organisation can reduce its carbon footprint, increase energy efficiency, and
minimise waste.
Draft and circulate role specific
reports, briefings, and plans to senior members of staff as part of internal
governance requirements and committees.
Use sound project management
principles to deliver discrete projects, and good general organisational
techniques to manage business-as-usual workload priorities.
Develop and maintain
sustainability reporting systems, including data collection and analysis, and
help prepare annual sustainability reports for internal and external
stakeholders.
Assist with preparing and
submitting data collection returns, as determined by Greener NHS and NHS
England & Improvement, such as the Estates Return Information Collection
(ERIC).
Maintain effective communication
and good engagement with colleagues, to include building good relationships
with corporate and clinical managers and users of clinical and non-clinical
facilities across the trusts sites, noting that this may be in written or oral
format or via regular attendance at working group meetings.
Cooperate with, develop, and
maintain good working relationships with external consultants, project teams,
and contractors.
Sit on any relevant external
working groups or forums, such as the West Yorkshire Health & Social Care
Partnerships climate change operational leads network, and any other NHS or public
sector groups operating in this space.
Act as lead bid writer for any
relevant external funding pots and grants and ensure that the trust has good
baseline data in place to underpin any such bidding activities, to maximise the
chances of success.
Keep abreast of sectoral
developments, legislative changes, and innovations relevant to the post, write
briefing notes for senior managers to highlight opportunities/risks and bring
departments up-to-speed, and develop business cases and financial models for
spend-to-save schemes, as required.
Support the delivery of
sustainability-related cost improvement programmes (CIPs), particularly where
measures can result in avoided costs, and/or opportunities can be identified
for potential income generation.
Play an active role in the
organisations corporate partnership with the Institute of Environmental
Management & Assessment (IEMA).
