Healthcare Service Technician

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

Job summary

A leading hygiene services provider in the UK seeks a Healthcare Service Technician. The role involves driving customer routes, collecting various types of waste, and ensuring hygiene standards are met. The ideal candidate should have strong customer service skills, a full UK driving licence, and be able to work flexible hours. Overtime opportunities and a company vehicle are provided.

Benefits

Dedicated company vehicle

13 paydays per year

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Full UK Manual Driving Licence held for a minimum of 12 months.
• No serious endorsements in the past 5 years.
• Ability to work flexible hours between 6am and 6pm.

Responsibilities

• Drive to customer locations on allocated routes.
• Empty Euro Bins containing offensive waste.
• Collect Pharmaceutical waste and Sharps containers.

Skills

Driving skills

Customer service

Flexibility

Tools

ADR Class 6, 6.1 & 6.2

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. Whatever your route for the day, you’ll play a vital part in keeping our customers facilities hygienic and fresh.

This position needs an in depth security application that will need to be completed.

Position is for a 40 hour week but overtime will be required as traffic dependent.

Area working will be in and around the M25.

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 £28340 (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 including o2 and F&B.
• A 24-hour wellbeing helpline
• Pension

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.