Job offer: Incinerator Operator - Mandeville Regional Hospital


Announced
15/10/202417 days ago
Job Status
Full Time
Job Type
Employee
Expiration Date
15/01/2025 75 days left
Job Category
Job Location
Mandeville
Job Title
Incinerator Operator - Mandeville Regional Hospital
Job Presentation
OrganisationSouthern Regional Health Authority, JamaicaReferenceVAC-54401Contract TypeFull-TimeIndustriesHealthcare & MedicalLocationMandevilleSalary & Benefits$1,181,894 - $1,588,912 per annumDate Posted14/10/2024Expiry Date25/10/2024The Incinerator Operator under direct supervision of the Operations Manager, collects, consolidates, and incinerates regulated and packaged special medical waste and participates in emergency response situations.

 

Qualification and Experience

  • Secondary School Leaving Certificate 
  • Six (6) months experience as an Hospital Medical Infectious Waste Operator (HMIWA), 

 

Specific Knowledge and Required Skills

  • Working knowledge of hospital environment 
  • Working knowledge of waste management policies and procedures 
  • Knowledge of the Public Health Regulations 
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills 
  • Good time management skills 

 

Key Responsibilities will include:

Technical/ Administrative 

  • Operates the incinerator for the disposal of infectious/special medical waste. 
  • Performs routine inspection and maintenance of the special medical waste incinerator and associated pollution control equipment. 
  • Logs and maintains required records of incinerator operations, downtime, and maintenance. 
  • Maintains an inventory of materials and supplies utilized for special medical waste activities. 
  • Assists in developing recommendations for the correction and elimination of unsafe practices and conditions associated with the handling and storage of special medical waste. 
  • Adheres to the waste management policies and procedures. 
  • Moves levers to adjust blowers and dampers that regulate airflow and temperature, and to control charging, discharging, and quenching mechanisms of furnace. 
  • Opens furnace door and agitates burning refuse to facilitate combustion, using stoking hoe. 
  • Moves levers to open grate and drop ashes and non-combustible material from furnace at end of burning cycle. 
  • Replaces refractory linings of furnace, using firebrick and (mortar if necessary). 
  • Cleans debris from furnace room floor, using rake and broom. 
  • Assists Biomedical and Electromechanical Engineers at incinerator plant in maintenance and repair of incinerator. 
  • Ensures that adequate supply of fuel available. 
  • Performs any other duties assigned by Supervisor. 

 

Special Conditions Associated with the Job:

  • May be required to stand in one place for hours at a time. 
  • Work on a shift system. 
  • Tolerance of unpleasant smell. 

 

 

 

NB. ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED


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