Waste Operative / Driver

Job description

Job responsibilities

To Adhere to the collection schedule, and review as required to the risks and demands of the trust.

Responsible for adhering to appraisals system to ensure evidence of competency of and personal development plans .

Responsible for completing and updating as required all mandatory training .

Assist to identify potential areas of improvement and of non-compliance and performance .

To be competent to use equipment for all aspects of waste management – Full training will be provided. To be vigilant and move waste around the site.

To ensure all waste is correctly segregated into the appropriate waste containers – Full Training will be provided Ensure all Adhoc request are completed within the timescales required.

Understanding of all waste procedures and practices- SOPs

Required to complete all training provided in all aspects in waste management processes and equipment

To carry out all other reasonable management request to for fill the requirements of the trust.

· Liaising with external lease companies in the absence of Team leader/ supervisor

· Collection and transportation of used linen and laundry across the Trust, store appropriately

Record accurate details of duties performed

Record records of daily mileage

Interact with staff, patient and visitors in a professional, friendly and polite manner

On request deliver and collect sharp smart system in accordance with training provided

Ensure that the vehicle is kept clean and tidy inside and out at all times, and is parked safely and securely when driver is away from vehicle.

Responsible for cleaning the vehicle internal and external using equipment supplied

Responsible for washing of the waste containers as per schedule

Responsible for daily checks of the vehicle such as damage, wheel pressures, water level and fuel status etc

Responsible for recording millage and submitting millage sheets daily

Responsible for reporting incidents, risks and damage, identified during daily duties

Responsible for holding a communication radio to report non – compliance and any risk identified to Team leader/ supervisor

Maintain a log of waste units on site

Responsible for ensuring all containers are locked and breaks set prior to transportation as per policy and recorded any issues faults and non- compliance

To be familiar with site Fire emergency procedures – Training will be provided

Report any Pest and Rodent activity to Team leader/ supervisors

To comply with Health and safety and waste regulations when moving waste around the site

To drive Trust owned vehicles complying at all times with current Road Traffic Acts and rules within the current Highways Code.

Responsible for regular run out of the Trust vehicle to maintain good engine condition

To make sure that all Health & Safety / Waste regulations and C.O.S.H.H advice is adhered to

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full Clean Driving license
• Previous Experience of Driving in an professional Capacity

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of Waste Management /general waste /clinical waste and recycling waste

Experience

Essential

• Ability to use Microsoft Office Word and Outlook applications for recording incidents and to complete mandatory training
• excellent communication skills

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Good verbal communication skills
• Good and affective interpersonal skills and the ability to interact at all levels
• Good customer service skills
• Good housekeeping ability both personally and there working environment
• Level of personal fitness that enables completion of duties
• Ability to prioritise incidents based on dynamic risk
• Ability to record duties

Desirable

• Experience working within a diverse environment
• Working within a busy dynamic team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

Address

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

Thomas Drive

Liverpool

Merseyside

L14 3PE

Employer's website

https://www.lhch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)