Porter / Waste Porter

Job overview

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - see shift pattern below

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £25,272 per annum

Closing Date: 29/06/:59

Shift Pattern: 10am-10pm x4, 4 off repeated

Main duties of the job

• Provide a portering service to all wards & departments. Escort and convey patients by wheelchair, bed or trolley.
• Distribute food trolleys and boxes - and food items.
• Transfer various specimens or bloods to the pathology department and other wards and departments.
• Collect prescriptions and drug books from wards and departments and deliver them to the Pharmacy department.
• Move & change medical gas cylinders as requested.
• Attend fire calls and assist at cardiac arrests.
• Transport records, X rays, furniture, equipment and materials.
• Undertake mortuary duties as required - viewings, BIDs.
• Report any suspicious incidents and assist where necessary.
• Assist with low level security requests.
• Cover staff in the post room - sorting incoming and outgoing mail, distributing to all wards and departments.
• Collect general clinical, waste - cytotoxic refuse and sharp boxes from all areas on site if required.
• Attend mandatory training courses.
• Ensure that when a deceased patient is transported from the ward they are treated with due dignity and respect.
• Operate a communication device to keep in touch with other staff in the department.
• Book taxis when needed & keep clear records of requests, especially the full name of the person who has authorised it.
• Attendance at all sessions is mandatory - moving & handling, resuscitation, infection control, clinical governance, fire training, dealing with conflict, safe handling of medical gases, liquid nitrogen.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". We value effective open communication, excellence and safety, challenge but support, expect respect and dignity, and local health that inspires confidence.

Benefits: on site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on site parking.

Person specification Qualification(s) and Professional Training

• A good standard of education
• Basic IT skills

Experience and Knowledge

• Dealing with the public in a customer facing role
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to adapt approach to suit the needs of the person/situation
• 1 year's experience within a hospital setting

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to prioritise departmental workload
• Awareness of Trust policies and guidelines
• Ability to work within a busy and demanding department
• Demonstrate good practice and knowledge of health and safety legislation
• Ability to deal with conflict