Porter

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital; Chichester; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement in line with the W

Pension scheme

Discounted gym membership £35/month

Job summary

Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital is seeking a Porter (Maintenance) to support theatre and patient movement on an ad hoc, bank basis. You will help push beds, assist the theatre team and ensure equipment is ready for use, while maintaining a calm, friendly presence for patients.

This role requires DBS checks and a commitment to flexible hours. In return, you join the UK’s leading healthcare charity with access to pension benefits and gym discounts, while contributing to high standards of care

Qualifications

• Be willing to undergo Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
• Be able to push beds and lift heavy equipment.
• Ad hoc bank/temporary hours to suit business needs.

Responsibilities

• Be comfortable with a physical role involving pushing beds and lifting heavy equipment.
• Be part of a close-knit professional team.
• Collect and return patients to their rooms before and after surgery.
• Work with the theatre team to ensure equipment is fully functioning.
• Operate in a fast-moving clinical environment.
• Maintain clear, supportive interaction with the theatre team.

Skills

Good communicator

Team player

Physical stamina

Job description

Porter (Maintenance) Chichester Hospital | Nursing | Bank Contract | Ad Hoc | £13.10 per hour

As a Porter at our 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 also essential that you’re happy to undergo our Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, as part of your application.

Responsibilities

• Be comfortable with a physical role which involves pushing beds and lifting heavy equipment
• 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
• Work in a fast-moving clinical environment
• Maintain constant and effective interaction with our theatre team Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind.

Benefits

• From Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive, Access to our Pension Scheme and 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.

Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital is a 30 bedded hospital within walking distance of the city centre with free onsite car parking. The hospital has two laminar flow operating theatres and two minor treatment rooms in the outpatient department. There is a small radiology department and CT/ MRI services are provided in a mobile unit. Inpatient physiotherapy is provided within the hospital whilst our outpatients attend the fitness and wellbeing centre at Chichester Gate for their follow up physio and hydrotherapy treatments.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today. 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.