Porter

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Porter, playing a vital role in hospital operations by transporting patients and essential items. You will ensure equipment safety, support emergency teams, and contribute to excellent patient care across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Ability to move patients and various items safely.
• Experience in supporting emergency teams.

Responsibilities

• Transporting patients, goods, and equipment across departments.
• Attending crash and trauma calls to assist emergency teams.
• Deputising for Shift Leads and leading portering duties.

Job description

Porters play a crucial role in maintaining hospital operations by transporting patients, goods, and equipment between departments as needed.

Responsibilities include:

1. Moving patients (including babies, children, and adults), the deceased, mail, medical records, pharmacy supplies, blood units, pathology specimens, sterile supplies, patient meals, waste (domestic, confidential, clinical, cytotoxic), linen, and office furniture and equipment.
2. Ensuring all modes of patient equipment are safe and functioning properly.
3. Attending crash and trauma calls to support emergency teams.
4. Deputising for Shift Leads in their absence and leading portering duties as required.
5. Performing non-routine duties such as moving office furniture and equipment.
6. Replenishing medical gas supplies and connecting systems when necessary.
7. Collecting deceased patients from clinical areas and transferring them to the mortuary, completing all necessary documentation.
8. Supporting security staff as needed.

Additional Information:

As a Porter at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you will contribute to providing excellent patient care across our sites in Basingstoke, Winchester, and Andover. We aim to deliver outstanding care and foster a culture centered on people, learning, and excellence. Our trust offers specialized services nationally and internationally, including treatment for rare cancers and leadership in liver and colorectal cancer care.

We employ over 9,000 staff with a turnover exceeding £500 million annually. As a Foundation Trust, we are accountable to our members through elected governors who influence our future direction.

Contact for Further Details or Informal Visits:

Name: Mark Walker

Job Title: Service Lead

Email: [e-mail]

Telephone: [phone]