Job summary
- Main area
- Waste Technician
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday (13:00-21:00))
- Job ref
- 326-7033413-MH
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum Plus high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Waste Technician
NHS AfC: Band 2
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We want to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career.
We always strive to be the best place to work and to be cared for.
- We have been named the 2021 Acute NHS Trust of the Year, in the annual Health Service (HSJ) Journal Awards for our clear ambition and vision and a significant improvement journey over a number of years’.Ìý
- The Trust is 6th highest rated Trust in the South East and was still in the top 25% nationally for recommended places to work.Ìý
- We are rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and when asked whether the care of patients is the organisation’s top priority our staff rank us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts.
- We pride ourselves on supporting you to thrive in your existing role and to develop your career with us. So with us you’ll get loads of benefits, great training and development opportunities, flexibility and a real community feel.
Benefits to working with us
- Great training and education, including preceptorship and CPD (up to £1,000 individual CPD funding available for nurses, midwives and AHPs).
- Our location: you can access beautiful countryside, historic towns and villages and bustling city life all nearby. With good schools, nature reserves and cultural attractions on our doorstep, and both London and Brighton easily accessible too, there’s something for everyone nearby.
- At least 35 days leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
- NHS pension scheme.
- A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands. from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.
- On-site nursery.
- On-site Boots and WHSmith shops.
- An Amazon locker and an InPost locker on site.
- Restaurant facilities.
- Full educational library services.
- Excellent rail and bus links.
- The local bus operator offer all new staff one month’s free travel to East Surrey Hospital when they first join.
- Lockable storage for cycles.
About us
- We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of c5,000 providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 535,000.
- We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill.
- We offer a full range of acute and complex services at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we are the nearest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport.
- We provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey, and at Crawley and Horsham Hospitals in West Sussex.
The Trust is committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of benefits including, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, Ìýfacilities and services to support staff well being.
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Job overview
Main duties and key responsibilities
Follow Trust’s waste policies.
Collection of clinical, offensive, sharps, domestic, recyclable, confidential, WEEE, battery, toner and food waste from wards and departments.
ÌýEnsure all waste is segregated into the appropriate areas within the waste compounds.
Movement and cleaning of commercial sized waste bins
Maintain communication links to the Line Manger and other members of the Estates team at all times.
ÌýMaintain any equipment required for the duties to a required standard.
ÌýMaintain cleanliness of the waste compound areas with routine waste collection ensuring safe disposal of all waste products.
Report any issues of concern throughout the Trust relating to Health and Safety.
Respond to and perform tasks in the time allocated and carry out in a professional manner.
Wear the correct and clean uniform when on duty, and adhere to personal hygiene regulations.Ìý
Ensure that the Trust’s and Departmental procedures are maintained and that policies are adhered to.
Attend training courses as directed.
Attend and contribute at Departmental meetings as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
- We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
- Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
- Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them.Ìý For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
No desirable criteria specified
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
- Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michael Brownjohn
- Job title
- Waste Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737768511
- Additional information
Michael Brownjohn
01737768511 Ext - 7298
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