General Porter

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a portering/facilities assistant to support the hospital's operational needs. The role involves moving patients, blood products, equipment and supplies, and responding to major incidents within a busy hospital environment.

Applicants should have a UK manual driving licence, be capable of heavy lifting and work with confidentiality and professional conduct at all times. The post is based in NHS facilities with shifts requiring physical stamina.

Qualifications

• Must hold UK Manual driving licence.
• Physically demanding role requiring standing and walking for long periods.
• Ability to move heavy loads and equipment up to 300 kg when required.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and professional conduct at all times.
• Work in line with department procedures and health and safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Move patients, consumables, waste, furniture, medical equipment and supplies as required.
• Clean and maintain portering equipment; deliver blood products; respond to major incidents.
• Deliver emergency blood products when needed; operate within NHS Trust procedures.
• Work to ward schedules and uphold professional standards on the clinical site.

Skills

Driving license (UK Manual)

Physical stamina

Job description

To work as part of the operational team responsible for providing a comprehensive patient support service in the hospital environment. This will involve carrying out the following Facilities Management functions:

Facilities Management functions

• The primary function is the movement of patients, consumable products, waste, furniture, medical equipment, gasses, beds, mattresses etc.
• The cleaning of all Portering equipment, delivery of blood products and responding to Major incident.
• To deliver emergency blood products
• UK Manual driving licence is essential for this post.

To provide a high quality responsive, efficient and effective patent support service to wards, and departments in North Bristol NHS Trust acting in a caring and professional manner and working in line with the Facilities and departmental operating procedures.

Main duties of the job

• Physical Effort to Duties involve standing/walking for long periods of time during the shift
• Duties may involve undertaking physically demanding tasks e.g. moving cages of approximately 300kg in weight as and when required

Mental Effort

Being aware of health and safety implications involved in duties and their potential effect on others e.g. Ensuring that equipment is stored appropriately

At ward level

• keeping a professional distance from patients and ensuring confidentiality at all times
• Working to schedules which may be subject to change

Emotional effort

• Whilst working at ward level being able to cope with witnessing distressing sights of patients who are very ill and may be at the end stages of life
• Whilst working in the Emergency Department witnessing traumatic injuries
• In the course of your duties you will need to be sensitive when coming into contact with patients and members of the public who may be experiencing high levels of stress and anxiety are confrontational or under the influence of alcohol

Working conditions

• You will be expected to display a professional image at all times
• You will be required to wear clean official uniform and covered in low-heeled footwear
• You will be expected to comply the department and trust policies relating to uniform and the wearing of jewellery, nail polish etc

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.