Bank Porter

NHS; Redhill; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Redhill is seeking Bank Porters to transport patients and manage supplies within the hospital. Ideal candidates should exhibit strong communication skills and a caring attitude, with the ability to adapt to various duties. A comprehensive training package will be offered, along with opportunities for personal development through an apprenticeship.

Benefits

Comprehensive training package

Opportunity for NVQ level 2 in customer services

Qualifications

• Well presented with a caring attitude towards patients.
• Ability to adapt to various duties and responsibilities.
• Good standard of written English appropriate to the role.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients on beds, trolleys, and wheelchairs.
• Move furniture, deliver supplies, and dispose of waste.
• Change medical gases like oxygen cylinders.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Flexibility and adaptability

Caring approach

Job description

Our Bank Porters provide an invaluable service transporting patients on beds, trolleys and wheelchairs around the hospital site. They are also involved with a wide range of other duties including moving furniture, delivering supplies, disposing of waste and changing medical gases for example oxygen cylinders.

To succeed in this role you will need to be well presented, have excellent communication skills, be flexible and adaptable in your work and demonstrate a genuinely caring approach to others.

A comprehensive 5 day training package is provided and Porters have the opportunity to complete an apprenticeship incorporating NVQ level 2 in customer services as part of their ongoing personal development.

This role is bank and will not incur a weekly salary.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation's top priority
• Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Criteria

• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• A complete and accurate application
• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.