Environmental Sustainability Specialist

6 days ago


Wigan, Wigan, United Kingdom Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Title: Environmental Sustainability Specialist

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Environmental Sustainability Specialist to join our team. As an Environmental Sustainability Specialist, you will play a key role in assisting the Environmental & Sustainability Manager in the development and implementation of the Trust's plans to reduce the environmental impact of the organisation's activity in accordance with local and national statutory and regulatory targets.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Assist in implementing current and emerging legislation under the direction of the Environmental & Sustainability Manager
  • Liaise with the Environmental & Sustainability Manager to ensure the Utility Contracts are managed appropriately and establish a good understanding of the energy usage for Trust sites
  • Produce statistics to identify trends and anomalies and project annual spend for each site in relation to water, gas and electricity consumption
  • Work with the Environmental & Sustainability Manager to re-energise the sustainability agenda and liaise with colleagues across all business streams to provide help and advice where appropriate
  • Liaise as necessary with multi-disciplinary teams within the Trust and external contractors as directed
  • Support implementation of environmental policies on wards & within departments; may be expected to undertake environmental & sustainability training
  • Act as one of the Trusts experts on sustainability issues and provide advice on best practice
  • Assist the Environmental & Sustainability Manager with any projects that require clerical input, including research, administration work and financial work
  • Work with the energy suppliers to find solutions to problems relating to supply or metering
  • Responsible for establishing and maintaining accurate records and data to assist with the completion of a range of mandatory returns, including ERIC, CQUIIN and other returns as required
  • Other environmental, sustainability or energy related duties as directed by the Environmental & Sustainability Manager
Requirements:
  • Minimum level NVQ level 3, an equivalent qualification or experience in a relevant subject area such as environmental management, science, engineering or healthcare
  • Identifying and addressing environmental and sustainability issues within an organisation
  • Engaging with staff on behaviour change projects
  • Production of engaging communications
  • Dealing with complex data sets
Working Arrangements:

The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy. All Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust staff employed within Clinical Environments and have contact with children, vulnerable adults; service users and their families must familiarise themselves, be aware of their responsibilities and adhere to Local Safeguarding Childrens Board, Local Safeguarding Adult Board and WWL Procedures for Safeguarding and Protecting Children which are available on the Trust Policy Library.

In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, employees who are required to interact regularly with the public, both face to face, and by telephone, are required to be able to speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.

Compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations 2016, Data Protection Act 2018 and Information Governance Principles the postholder is not entitled to use for their own benefit or gain, or to divulge to any persons, firm or other organisation whatsoever, any confidential information belonging to the Trust or relating to the Trusts affairs or dealings which may come to their knowledge during employment.

Compliance with the Health & Social Care Act 2008 Code of Practice on the Prevention and Control of Infections and related guidance the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the reduction and management of healthcare related infection in all of their actions. This entails compliance with Trust Infection Prevention and Control policy and related Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs); along with risk assessment of all situations; as staff have a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Staff must be fully compliant with Trust Infection prevention and Control eLearning policy.

All applicants to any post within the Trust are required to declare any involvement either directly or indirectly with any firm, company, relevant person or organisation which has any interest with the Trust, the services provided by the Trust or any element of patient care. Failure to do so may result in an employment application being rejected, or if it is discovered after appointment the omission of such information could lead to dismissal. This includes any form of private practice relating to medical care.

Compliance with Trust Policies and Procedures including the Code of Conduct.

Compliance with Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs) The SFIs identify the financial responsibilities which apply to everyone working for the Foundation Trust and its constituent organisations including trading units. Failure to comply with Standing Financial Instructions can in certain circumstances be regarded as a disciplinary matter that could result in dismissal. Compliance with the SFIs is monitored by the Finance Department and post holders are therefore required to understand their responsibilities outlined within this document and ensure compliance with its instructions.

Responsibility for all records (including patient health, financial, personal and administrative) that they gather or use as part of their work within the trust. The records may be paper, electronic, microfiche, audio or videotapes, x-ray images.

Any other duties appropriate to the grade. The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give a broad flavour of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder.



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