General Porter

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training

Uniform provided

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a General Porter on a permanent basis. The role is full time (37.5 hours) with a rotational shift pattern including nights, days and weekends. Training and uniform are provided to support all portering duties in a busy hospital environment.

Applicants should be physically fit with strong communication and teamwork skills, and be able to work independently as well as part of a team to maintain excellent patient care and service quality.

Qualifications

• Applicants must be physically fit.
• Good communication skills and ability to work independently and in a team.
• Flexible to cover shifts and maintain service levels.

Responsibilities

• Transfer patients, medical equipment and sundries as directed.
• Move furniture and assist in relocations of equipment.
• Distribute and collect linen and laundry per schedules.
• Undertake clinical, household and confidential waste collections.
• Collect and document specimens/bloods for pathology as required.
• Exchange and document portable medical gas cylinders and usage.
• Carry out mortuary duties and assist police/ambulance when needed.

Skills

Physically fit

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Teamwork

Customer care

Quality focus

Job description

GENERAL PORTER – Permanent

Full time 37.5 hours - rotational shift pattern (nights/days/weekends)

Applicants must be physically fit, have good communication skills and the ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team. Self-motivation, commitment to customer care and quality issues is essential.

Flexibility is required in this busy department to cover Annual Leave and Sickness. The successful candidate will be trained to cover all aspects of the portering role.

Full training and uniform will be provided.

For Further Information Please Contact

Mrs Dawn Mitchell - Portering Senior Supervisor - 01253 953770

This post will be closed at the discretion of the appointing manager so early application is advised.

Main Principle Job Duties/Key Performance Areas

To transfer patients, medical equipment and associated medical sundries as delegated by line management by use of bed, chair, trolley etc.

To transfer furniture and assist in relocating equipment during office relocations and or new developments.

To distribute and collect linen/laundry to designated locations as in agreed schedules. This includes soiled and infected linen.

To undertake refuse collections of clinical, household, confidential and specialist waste.

Collect, distribute and document for audit and security purposes specimens/bloods for pathology, including emergency collections and distributions as and when required by the service.

Provide the exchange, transfer and testing of portable medical gas cylinders and document a record of the usage. Report any identifiable faults.

Undertake hospital mortuary duties in the measuring, transfer, preparation and documentation of the deceased, also the laying out of the deceased in the absence of mortuary personnel. Assist the police and ambulance with access to the mortuary.

One LSC Stands For ‘One Lancashire And South Cumbria’ Because There Is One Team Serving Lancashire And South Cumbria In a Joined-up Way. It Is Run By The Five Trusts As a Collaborative Partnership. The Trusts That Make Up One LSC Are

• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
• Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

The core principles of One LSC are: by bringing services more closely together we can deliver the best service possible, eliminate duplication, ensure value for money, work across different organisations to benefit from being able to share common systems and processes.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Justin Emery Job title: Portering Services Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01253 955331