General Porter

NHS; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Gillingham is looking for a General Porter to ensure the safe transportation of patients and items across the hospital. You will play a crucial role in providing support to medical staff and ensuring the smooth operation of hospital services. Candidates should possess NVQ Level 2 or equivalent experience, knowledge of health and safety, and effective communication skills. This position requires a commitment to working flexibly across all hours.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working in health service or caring/customer facing environment.
• Knowledge of good health and safety practice.
• Knowledge of data protection.

Responsibilities

• Convey patients by wheelchair, bed, trolley between wards.
• Deliver and collect clinical & non-clinical items.
• Convey deceased patients to the mortuary with dignity.

Skills

Basic IT Skills

Good communication skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 Support Services or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

General Porter – Division: Estates & Facilities; Band 2; Salary: £24,465 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a General Porter who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open, Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Job responsibilities

• To convey patients by wheelchair, bed, trolley, etc, between wards and departments on the hospital site and ensure the means of transportation is in a safe, working order and to report any defects in line with current procedures.
• To deliver and collect clinical & non clinical items, including post, beds, trolleys, wheelchairs, medical gases, pathology specimens, laundry, waste, furniture; responding to any ad-hoc requests and ensuring procedures are followed.
• To convey deceased patients to the mortuary and to do so in a dignified manner, using the appropriate equipment, also on request to place deceased patients within the viewing room (this will include viewings for babies, and young children) in accordance with procedures, and return to storage area on request. They are the first point of contact for the undertakers out of hours.
• To work to the roster prepared by the Portering Manager covering 24 hours a day, 7 days per week including bank holidays.
• To undertake job tasks via the handheld Trust system in a timely and efficient manner.

Qualifications and experience

• Essential: NVQ Level 2 Support Services or good level of general education & equivalent level of working experience
• Essential: Knowledge of good health and safety practice
• Essential: Knowledge of data protection
• Essential: Experience of working as part of a team
• Essential: Proven experience working in health service or caring / customer facing environment
• Skills: Basic IT Skills; The ability to navigate the portering database; Good communication skills
• Other attributes: Full UK Driving Licence or in process of undertaking testing (Desirable)

Additional information

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

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.