Patient Transport & Helipad Porter

University Hospital Southampton NHS FT; Southampton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated Portering Assistant based at Southampton General Hospital. You will support patient and item transfers across the site with care and professionalism.

Shifts cover days and nights across 7 days, and you will work as part of the Portering team to ensure timely delivery of specimens, blood products, and equipment. The role requires good literacy and numeracy, basic IT skills, and a commitment to patient safety and

Qualifications

• Good standard of literacy and numeracy.
• A good standard of computer skills
• NVQ relating to Customer Care/Public Services

Responsibilities

• To be an integral member of the Portering team and undertake portering duties within the Trust.
• To attend the Helipad to help the Major trauma team retrieve and transfer patients to the Emergency Department or other location within the Trust.
• Removal of deceased patients from wards and departments to the mortuary or holding room, passing over the patients’ case notes as required.
• Transport laboratory specimens and blood products between hospital wards and departments

Skills

Literacy

Numeracy

Computer skills

Education

NVQ in Customer Care/Public Services

Job description

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated Portering Assistant based at Southampton General Hospital. You will support patient and item transfers across the site with care and professionalism.

Shifts cover days and nights across 7 days, and you will work as part of the Portering team to ensure timely delivery of specimens, blood products, and equipment. The role requires good literacy and numeracy, basic IT skills, and a commitment to patient safety and