Porter

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a General Porter to join their Portering team at Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The role involves moving patients, handling medical gases, and adhering to health and safety policies. Flexibility and a commitment to values of Inclusion, Respect, and Improvement are essential. Training will be provided, welcoming applicants without previous hospital experience.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a hospital is desirable but not essential.
• Willingness to participate in training and development for the role.
• Commitment to the Trust values: Include, Respect, and Improve.

Responsibilities

• Move patients by bed, wheelchairs, and trolleys.
• Change medical gases and collect blood products.
• Participate in necessary training and fulfill other duties as required.

Skills

Flexibility

Familiarity with Health and Safety Policies

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for Porters who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. An opportunity has arisen within the Portering team at East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust for a general porter to join our team at Lister Hospital. You will need to be flexible as we are a 24/7 department 365 days of the year. Previous experience in a hospital is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Responsibilities

• The Porter will move patients by bed, wheelchairs, and trolleys, change medical gases, collect blood products, take specimens to the pathology lab, take deceased to the mortuary and full training will be provided.
• You will be familiar with appropriate Health and Safety Policies and Procedures.
• The successful candidate will co-operate with the Trust in maintaining suitable standards of Health and Safety including adhering to all Trust Policies and Procedures, always work in compliance with rules and working practices.
• The post holder is required to participate in training as appropriate and put your skills and knowledge into practice. Training will be identified and carried out to fulfil the requirements of this job description.
• You may also be required to fulfil other duties as appropriate to the grade that may be determined from time to time.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Previous experience in a hospital is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.
• Be familiar with Health and Safety Policies and Procedures.
• Willingness to participate in training and development for the role.
• Flexibility to work in a 24/7 department across all year round days.
• Commitment to the Trust values: Include, Respect, and Improve.

About East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

• We are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
• We run the following hospitals:
• • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
• We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

Benefits and Working Arrangements

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

How to Apply

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paul Worbey; Job title: Portering and Transport Manager; Email: [e-mail]; Telephone: [phone]