Bank - Porter

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Liverpool is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support patient transport and service improvements. The ideal candidate will possess NVQ2 or equivalent with good communication skills and the ability to multitask effectively under pressure. Responsibilities include transporting patients, collecting clinical waste, and delivering meals. The role requires a hands-on approach within a dynamic healthcare environment, emphasizing high-quality customer care and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Good written and verbal skills essential.
• Understanding of SOPs and policies relating to the area.
• Ability to manage workload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to wards and departments.
• Collect clinical waste and rubbish from wards.
• Deliver meal trolleys to and from wards.
• Attend fire response calls from management.
• Delivery of drugs and equipment to wards.

Skills

Excellent written communication

Excellent verbal communication

Multitasking

Initiative

Confidentiality

Education

NVQ2 or equivalent

Job description

Overview

You will support service improvements and encourage the delivery of high productivity with excellent customer care. You will work on your own initiative and under direction, while maintaining confidentiality and discretion at all times. Prioritising your own workload and multitasking, along with excellent written and verbal communication skills, are essential.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to wards and departments including emergency bed and stretcher patients.
• Take specimens to laboratories.
• Take medical gases to and from wards to change flow meters.
• Collect soiled linen and rubbish from wards and departments.
• Collect clinical waste from wards and departments.
• Deliver meal trolleys to and from wards.
• Removal of bodies from wards and departments, putting bodies in view for relatives and assisting shift manager on BDI's and DOA's.
• Delivery of equipment to wards and departments.
• Attend fire response at the request of line manager.
• Delivery of drugs from wards and departments including controlled drugs.
• Post-room duties.
• Any other designated duties as and when required by the portering management.
• Basic computer skills.

Qualifications

• NVQ2 or equivalent.
• Good written and verbal skills.
• An understanding of SOPs and policies relating to the area.

About the Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

EEO, Immigration and Other Information

Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months of their 18^th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity at all times. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognizing the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.