Healthcare Service Technician

PHS Group plc; City of London; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hygiene services provider in the UK is seeking a Healthcare Service Technician to drive to customer locations and ensure hygiene standards. Responsibilities include emptying hazardous waste bins and supporting Covid testing stations. The ideal candidate should have excellent customer service skills and a valid UK Manual Driving Licence. The role offers a competitive salary, no weekend work, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Company vehicle

31 days annual leave

Pension

Discounts with retailers

Wellbeing helpline

Qualifications

• Patience to travel between customer locations.
• Full UK Manual Driving Licence for at least 12 months.
• Maximum of 6 points on licence.

Responsibilities

• Driving allocated routes to customers.
• Emptying bins containing offensive waste.
• Collecting hazardous waste and sharps containers.

Skills

Customer service skills

Full UK Manual Driving Licence

Ability to work flexibly

Tools

ADR Class 6

Job description

Healthcare Service Technician

As a technician, you play a key part in the success of phs. To our customers, you are the face of the company. Your excellent customer service skills help keep our customers happy – and ensure they remain our customers!

As a Service Technician in our Healthcare division, your time will be split. Half your time will be spent driving prearranged routes to our customers locations (We have a system that works out the most efficient route based on our customer service times). The other half of your time will be spent collecting waste from and servicing products in our customers premises. This currently includes providing support to the nation’s Covid testing stations – but whatever your route for the day, you’ll play a vital part in keeping our customers facilities hygienic and fresh.

A day in the life of a Service Technician at phs will involve

• Driving to our customers on your allocated route.
• Emptying Euro Bins containing offensive waste
• Collecting Pharmaceutical waste, Hazardous waste, and Sharps containers.
• Supporting Covid testing stations by collecting sealed waste
• Replacing, emptying other products within our customers Healthcare facilities.
• Completing hazardous Consignment notes/Transfer notes.
• Returning to your allocated depot every day to empty the waste from the vehicle that was collected.

The ideal candidate for a Service Technician role at phs will

• Have the patience to travel between our customers during busy times (Traffic issues are an unavoidable part of this job)
• Be able to work flexibly between the hours of 6am and 6pm, 40 hours per week.
• Have held a full UK Manual Driving Licence for a minimum of 12 months (Subject to insurance requirements), with a maximum of 6 points.
• Not have DR/DD/CD/TT/IN/AC endorsements in the past 5 years.
• Preferably hold a current ADR Class 6, 6.1 & 6.2

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will get

• A salary of £27,340 + Bonus (OTE £28,540)(Based on a 40-hour working week Monday to Friday)
• No scheduled weekend working.
• 13 paydays per year (Every 4 weeks)
• Overtime opportunities.
• A dedicated company vehicle so you can start working from your own front door.
• Ongoing career development opportunities
• Discounts with retailers through our phs Perks
• A 24-hour wellbeing helpline and access to a GP virtually for you and hour household.
• Pension
• Your annual leave will be 31 days (inclusive of Christmas Day) so you have 30 days to book throughout the holiday year. Due to the nature of our work, bank holidays are normal working days except for Christmas Day.

Although we welcome candidates from all demographics, we recognise we do not have a proportionate number of female technicians in this location currently and would like to rectify this.

About phs

Phs Group was founded in 1963 and we are the leading provider for Hygiene Services in the UK, Spain and Ireland with over 120,000 customers across 300,000 locations.

Our businesses include: Washrooms, Healthcare, and Floorcare, Hygiene Services, Phs Direct and Direct 365 (sale of hygiene consumables), phs Greenleaf (indoor and outdoor plants, phs Teacrate, phs Besafe (workwear and laundry), phs Wastekit (baling and compacting waste) and phs Compliance.

At phs, we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our staff. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination.