Job Description

The designation of Environmental Services Officer applies to a self-motivated

member of the workforce. Their duties are to ensure that day-to-day handling

and disposal of waste is in accordance with approved practices. The

Environmental Services Officer will be employed to cover any post on any

shift in the team. Collecting waste and or laundry from areas around the

hospital and transport it to the Trust's Waste Transfer Stations or waste

storage points. They will join an integrated team responsible for all waste and laundry collection/storage and external litter collection together with any other environmental service as determined by the Environmental Services

Manager.



All Environmental Services Officers in the Capital Planning and Estates

Management Department will form part of an integrated team whose role is to provide the best possible service to the Trust. Environmental Services Officers will have both group and individual responsibilities for defined aspects of the service but each will ensure their contribution is beneficial to other departments within the Trust, as well as the Capital Planning and Estates Management Department, so as to fulfil the Trust's overall objectives.



Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.



We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.



UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.



For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.



Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.



For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page .



Based on the above job definition a member of Environmental Services must have the ability to use initiative and fulfil with total commitment, versatility and flexibility, a requirement to: -



1. Collect all hospital waste and laundry in accordance with the schedules

set by the Environmental Services Manager.

2. Segregate, transport and process specific categories of waste as

dictated by the Trust's "Policy for the Management of Waste".

3. To operate the Trust's electric vehicles, bulk waste compaction

machines and road sweeper.

4. To ensure that all aspects of the Waste Licence Conditions are

adhered to.

5. Place specific categories of waste in the appropriate skip for off site

disposal or recycling, as indicated by the Environmental Services

Manager.