Environmental Services Porter

The Environmental Portering Department at Northampton General Hospital are currently looking to recruit two enthusiastic persons to join our small and friendly team. We supply the waste and environmental service for all areas of the hospital, working alongside the other support departments such as Domestics and Portering.

We undertake waste collection and delivery duties around the hospital, providing a professional and quality service to all users. This will include the safe transportation of clinical, confidential, hazardous and non-hazardous waste and linen, movement and emptying of bins, litter picking and use of waste equipment including electric tugs and carts, the baler and compactors as required.

Main duties of the job

Delivery, collection and disposal of refuse, laundry and clinical waste from wards and departments to the central waste area manually and using electric vehicles.

Decanting laundry bags from Taylor bins into cages.

Decanting clinical and non-clinical waste bags if required (e.g. for onward transportation, storage or compaction).

Baling cardboard

Exchange of Sharp smart reusable receptacles from all wards and departments around the Trust.

Collection of confidential waste from wards and departments

Ensuring all external pathways and waste corrals are kept clean and tidy from any litter or clutter.

Work on rotation through all the duties as directed by the Waste Supervisor

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire., We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.