-Technical Services Senior Waste Management Officer

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About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The post holder is the Designated Officer for Waste Management, the professional lead responsible for ensuring board-wide compliance with waste legislation and best practice, and for contributing to NHS Scotland’s waste and circular economy initiatives.

Ensure expenditure is within budget and all services are in compliance with all relevant policies, procedures, legal and Health & Safety requirements.

Apply and develop environmental best practice, ensuring compliance with statutory legislation, health & safety, Scottish Health Technical Notes (SHTN’s), National Waste Management Action Plans etc. Ensuring compliance with Scottish Governments Waste Management Strategy.

Implement and monitor the Board wide procurement of all waste contracts, ensuring the cost to NHSL is minimised, whilst monitoring the performance of waste services. Develop and implement policy and waste minimisation and participate in circular economy strategies for waste management across NHSL.

This will involve working with colleagues in the Sustainability Department to develop the communications campaign “Sustainability Action” to drive awareness around environmental compliance and resource use to staff and the wider public.

The working pattern for this role is - Monday - Thursday 9am - 5pm & Friday 9am - 3.30pm

In this key role, you will:

The Property and Support Services Division (PSSD) provides non-clinical support services to all healthcare premises owned or occupied by NHS Lanarkshire.

The department works closely with other departments within NHS Lanarkshire and also with external organisations, including, the Health and Safety Executive, Audit Scotland, Health Facilities Scotland, the Scottish Executive Health Department and Local Authorities.

The department is split into eight different sections and is overseen by the General Manager for Property and Support Services Division.

What You'll Bring:

• Educated to degree level in a waste / environmental / facilities management related subject.
• Full membership of a professional body relevant to the post such as the Chartered Institution of Waste Management (CIWM) would be advantageous.
• Specialist technical knowledge of waste management with extensive experience within a large complex organisation, preferably in the Health Sector.
• Advanced knowledge of risk assessment processes, COSHH, risk management including health & safety legislation
• A sound knowledge of financial and procurement processes/systems.
• Demonstrate effective and highly developed leadership skills and be able to work on own initiative as well as a proactive member of a team demonstrating skills to motivate others

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact - Diane Hunter, Acting Head of Technical Services on View email address on apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on Lynn View email address on apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.