Job Description: You must hold a Driving Licence for this role
This role is Part Time 20 hours per week.
Duties and Responsibilities of the Post:
Clinical Professional and/or Technical Responsibilities
1. Carry out the collection of clinical and "Special" waste from specific departments e.g. cytoxic
waste, foetal and human waste, sharps and pharmacy waste.
2. Prior to transfer introduce a gel-agent into containers of body fluids to solidify and ensure safe
transport for incineration.
3. Have a Duty of Care responsibility (Environmental Protection Act) for clinical waste whilst in
transit and ensure that the waste does not escape from its method of containment and that all
Statutory Regulations are observed.
4. In the event of a spillage be responsible for cleaning up the effected area in the prescribed
manner.
Communication
1. Observe all recognised precautions and undertake training where necessary to learn new techniques.
2. Provide on the job training for all staff involved in similar duties.
3. Advise staff in other disciplines of correct procedures and responsibilities.
4. Using PDA equipment to carry out duties
5. Using computers to carry out online training
6. Answering telephone at help desk and responding to customer enquiries
Management
1. Carry out the routine collection of clinical waste from wards and departments of NHS under the direction of Waste Management Charge hand
2. Manage own workloads under the direction and with the approval of Waste Management Charge hand
3. Maintain agreed standards whilst reporting any slippages and identifying any improvements.
Health, Safety and Security
To report any incidents, accidents and near misses in accordance with the Trust Incident Policy.
To maintain safe clinical practice in diagnosis and treatment (clinical staff only).
To ensure own safety and the safety of all others who may be affected by the Trust's business.
To comply with all Trust policies and procedures to protect the health, safety and welfare of anyone
affected by the Trust's business.
To comply with the Trust Risk Management Strategy and Directorate/Department clinical and health and
safety policies and procedures.
To ensure that equipment provided for the protection of health and safety is maintained and used
appropriately.
To comply with emergency procedures relevant to your particular Directorate/Department.
To attend all Mandatory Training with regard to fire, health and safety, manual handling and control of
infection.
To ensure that all operatives have and are using PPE provided to them correctly.
Driving Vehicles and ensuring vehicles are used appropriately and all faults, accidents are reported
Quality/Clinical Governance
To be aware of the principles of clinical governance and understand what the benefits for patients and staff
are.
To understand the clinical governance structure within the Trust and how you may be involved.
To participate in clinical governance activities within the Trust and where applicable across organisational
boundaries.
To ensure that you continuously look for ways to improve the quality of the service or care you provide to
patients or other services/departments, where appropriate.
To explore ways to involve and consult with patients, public and carers when developing or evaluating
services or the care you provide, where appropriate.
To participate in clinical audit activity where appropriate, involving other professions/disciplines.
To ensure patient confidentiality is maintained at all times and that you do not access patient related
information (either electronic or paper based) which you do not need during the course of your work.
To comply with the procedure for handling any requests under the Freedom of Information Act thereby
ensuring that they are dealt with in a timely, specific and confidential manner.
Ensure the risk of infection to you, colleagues, patients, relatives & visitors is minimised by:
o Being familiar with & adhering to Trust policies; guidance on infection prevention & control;
o Attending Trust Induction & mandatory training programmes in infection prevention & control;
o Including infection prevention & control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional
development;
o Taking personal responsibility as far as is reasonably practicable, to help ensure that effective
prevention & control of healthcare associated infections is embedded into everyday practice &
applied consistently by you & your colleagues.
Ensure you are familiar with and adhere to the Trust's Safeguarding Children procedures and guidelines.
Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people up to the age of 18, in accordance with
the Children Act 2004.
Ensure you complete mandatory safeguarding awareness training relevant to your role
General
To provide services in a manner that enables all members of the community to access them,
irrespective of race, ethnic origin, physical or mental disability and access appropriate services to their
age and gender.
To undertake training to meet the requirements of your role.
To behave in a manner that respects the differing needs and cultures of other staff.
To actively participate in an Annual Appraisal and provide evidence to demonstrate achievements
towards your Knowledge and Skills Framework.
To demonstrate the Trust's core behaviours in delivering a quality service to both internal and external
customers
To identify your development needs within the Annual Appraisal to ensure that any CPD requirements
are achieved and demonstrated in practice.
Cordant Group is an equal opportunities employer
Job Title: NHS Waste Operative
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Salary: £9.45/hour
Company: CV-Library
Category: Other
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