Hospital Porter (Bank)

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Pension scheme

Gym discount

Bank shifts

Job summary

Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital is seeking a Hospital Porter on a bank, part-time basis. The role involves supporting patients before and after surgery, moving patients and equipment, and assisting in maintaining a clean and safe theatre environment.

You will work as part of a professional team in a busy clinical setting, with DBS checks as part of the application process. Competitive hourly rate of £13.10 offers flexible, ad-hoc hours.

Qualifications

• Be a good communicator.
• Happy to undergo DBS checks.
• Able to work in a fast-moving clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a close-knit professional team.
• Collect and return patients to their individual rooms, before and after surgery.
• Work with your colleagues to ensure that the theatre environment and its equipment are fully functioning.
• Help with the cleaning of the theatre environment and equipment.
• Work in a fast-moving clinical environment.
• Maintain constant and effective interaction with our theatre team.

Skills

People skills

Communication

Job description

Hospital Porter Cambridge Hospital | Nursing | Bank Contract | Part time | £13.10 per hour

Are you good with people? Do you feel comfortable with physical work, like pushing beds and lifting heavy equipment? If so, this is a fantastic opportunity to join the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity, where you can enjoy a highly rewarding role. We’re taking care of the nation’s health and it starts with you. As a Hospital Porter at our Cambridge Hospital, you’ll need to be a good communicator, as this role involves helping our patients to feel relaxed and reassured, before and after surgery.

It’s essential that you’re happy to undergo our Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, as part of your application.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a close-knit professional team
• Collect and return patients to their individual rooms, before and after surgery
• Work with your colleagues to ensure that the theatre environment and its equipment are fully functioning
• Help with the cleaning of the theatre environment and equipment
• Work in a fast-moving clinical environment
• Maintain constant and effective interaction with our theatre team
• Helping you feel good.

Benefits

• Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive
• Access to our Pension Scheme
• Discounted gym membership at £35.00 a month
• Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability

About Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital

Our state-of-the-art hospital, is central Cambridge’s premium private hospital, boasting an Outstanding CQC score and offer a full range of medical and surgical specialties. With expertise in Cancer care and Cancer surgery, Orthopaedic surgery (including robotic surgery), Neurosurgery, Cardiology as well as specialist Paediatric services. Backed by the latest diagnostic imaging facilities including wide bore MRI and CT scanning, we offer immediate assessment and expert diagnosis. Hospital facilities include 3 state of the art digital theatres, 32 beds, Surgical Day Case theatre/endoscopy suite, Surgical Day PODs, private consultation rooms, close monitoring units, Chemotherapy suite, on-site registered pharmacy, Diagnostic scanning unit and a Pathology laboratory.

Why Work With Us

Nuffield Health, is the UK’s largest healthcare charity. For over 60 years, we’ve been working to make the UK fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. All for the public benefit. We do this through our family of 31 award-winning hospitals, 113 fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare clinics and over a 100 workplace wellbeing services. As a charity, we reinvest all our income into our services, into pioneering improvements in care, and most importantly into our social impact programmes, which are designed to support people who would not normally be able to afford or access our services. Its all part of our mission to give everyone the care they need and to build a healthier nation.