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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Contact

Address: Royal Victoria Infirmary; Queen Victoria Road; Newcastle upon Tyne; Tyne and Wear; NE1 4LP
Contact Number: 0191 282 0999 option 2

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Ref: 317-2023-40-21-DR-A Vacancy ID: 6055037

Assistant Waste Manager

Closed for applications on: 26-Feb-2024 00:04

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 26-Feb-2024 00:04

Location

Site: Royal Victoria Infirmary
Town: 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
Postcode: NE1 4LP
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: 317 Sustainability Team

Interview date: 06/03/2024

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working as part of the Sustainability Team, help to drive a programme of continuous improvement, innovatively reducing our contribution to the climate emergency and impact on the environment whilst simultaneously making our healthcare services more sustainable for future generations.
Under the strategic direction of the Waste Manager, take a lead role in the implementation of operational waste management activities across the Trust, assisting in the development and implementation of projects and system improvements and working closely with functional leads and specialist advisors to support the Waste Hierarchy improvements of the Trust’s estate.
Regularly monitor, analyse and report waste volumes, costs and carbon data utilising waste monitoring and auditing tools and best practice protocols.
Provide waste generation, cost and carbon footprint information for the completion of the Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC), Premises Assurance Model (PAM) and other mandatory reporting as required.
Assist with the preparation of associated budgets, forecasts and contribute to regular updates and reports to senior management on waste performance.
Be a key contributor to the Trust Waste Management Group, the multi-disciplinary Trust Sustainable Healthcare Committee and sub-groups and represent the Trust in a range of internal and external meetings and forums.
Develop and promote procedures for waste management best practice working with site based Estates teams, and all staff, to explain, raise awareness and ensure correct procedures are followed.
Audit waste consumption activities, down to ward/department level throughout the Trust. Produce reports recommending actions for improvement, advising on the resources required to implement recommendations, supporting ‘invest to save’ project proposals/business cases.
Assist the Trust and partners to ensure compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice and Trust procedures and to provide technical expertise relating to waste management.
Maintain effective communication and good systems of working with a wide range of colleagues within Estates, other support and clinical directorates, regional partners and peers, and patients and visitors.
Undertake additional training in order to further develop and extend specialised skills and knowledge in the sustainability field of waste management to help the Trust maintain its position as a sustainability leader within the NHS and beyond.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
Post-graduate qualification, or formal training, in a subject relevant to the post

Desirable criteria

Current UK driving license
Current membership of a professional body (Chartered Institute of Wastes Management, Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment etc.).

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Proven knowledge and understanding of sustainability issues affecting large, complex organisations.
Experience of waste management, including service and data management and staff engagement.
Experience of management of finances.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of key NHS specific guidance on environmental sustainability issues i.e. HTM 07- 01, HTM 07-02, HTM 07-04 and HTM 07-07.
Experience of internal waste auditing and compositional analysis, Duty of Care visits to contractors, and/or performance measurement.
Experience of working in an acute NHS hospital environment

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal and communication skills.
Excellent keyboard and IT skills.
Ability to present data as clear and concise information
Ability to understand and articulate complex data and associated financial and carbon calculations.
Highly developed analytical and judgemental skills
Excellent record keeping

Desirable criteria

Demonstrable persuasive communication skills, with the ability to engage large numbers of staff in waste segregation improvements and/or sustainability action.