Facilities Assistant - Porter

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's Wathwood Hospital is seeking motivated individuals to join the busy Facilities Team as porters within the Facilities Department. The role involves supporting hospital operations across the site, with training provided; previous porter experience is desirable but not essential.

Core hours are 7.30am-2pm and 11.30am-6pm, with duties including transporting, delivering and collecting equipment, moving linen, stocking and stock rotation, and assisting

Qualifications

• Experience as a hospital porter is desirable but not essential.
• Full training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Transporting, delivering and collecting hospital equipment, furniture, stationery, provisions, and pharmacy items.
• Safe movement of linen to wards and departments.
• Management and rotation of stock.
• Locking/unlocking gates for deliveries.

Skills

Hospital porter experience

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for motivated individuals to join our busy Facilities Team at Wathwood Hospital working as a porter within the Facilities Department.

Previous experience of working as a Porter in a Hospital environment is desirable but not essential as full training will be given.

Working across the hospital for any requirements including transporting, delivering and collecting hospital equipment, furniture, stationary, provisions, pharmacy. Safe movement of linen to wards and departments. Management and rotation of stock. Locking/unlocking gates for deliveries.

Core hours are 7.30am-2pm and 11.30am-6pm. Details to be discussed at interview.

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Melanie Armes Job title: Facilities Co-Ordinator Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01709 870800

01709 870800 ext. 3333