Job overview

Are you looking for a new opportunity? Are you a reliable, hardworking individual who thrives in a busy environment?

Staff Bank Services successfully provides temporary staffing throughout Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust via a variety of different assignments.

We are looking to register reliable, hardworking individuals who would thrive in a busy environment who are available to work full time on a rotating shift pattern of 4 days on, 4 days off, 4 nights on, 4 nights off over a 12 hour period. You will be working within the Environmental Services team, ensuring waste is collected in a timely and efficient manner from all areas of the hospital.

Main duties of the job

Environmental Services Porter will assist the Team Leader for the Process and Resource Manager and his/her staff in providing an efficient waste collection service for all wastes generated from the Trust.

Waste Collectors will assist the team Leader to deliver the Collection Schedules; including dirty and infected laundry, cardboard/sharps, biohazard/hazardous clinical wastes and recyclables in accordance with the following list of duties.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.