Porter

WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Warrington; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Warrington is seeking a Porter to support A&E operations. You will be responsible for transferring patients, transporting equipment, and assisting nursing staff. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and evidence of manual handling. This role offers a chance to work in a dynamic hospital environment focused on patient care.

Qualifications

• Evidence of manual handling and physical fitness is essential.
• Good clear communication skills are essential.
• Experience in a hospital portering role is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Move patients between departments using wheelchairs, trolleys or beds.
• Assist nursing staff with the movement of patient beds.
• Deliver pharmacy supplies and collect boxes from wards.

Skills

Manual handling and physical fitness

Good clear communication

Flexibility

Education

NVQ certificate

Communication qualification/certificate

Job description

A&E is a fast paced working environment, we are a multidisciplinary team working together to provide high standard of care for our patients. As a porter, you will carry out a full range of portering duties within the hospital, which will include the efficient transfer of patients, transportation of equipment, ward/department-based furniture, pathology specimens, linen, and waste.

Main duties of the job

• To work collaboratively within Clinical Business Unit (CBU)/ Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC)
• Carry out the movement of patients from department to department using wheelchairs, trolleys or beds.
• Assist nursing staff with the movement of patient beds.
• Carry out the delivery of Pharmacy Supplies and collection of Pharmacy boxes from wards and departments.
• Ensure routine tasks are completed such as the portering of pathology samples including the collection of blood/blood product.
• Basic security duties.
• Collect patient case notes on request, ensuring the correct notes are collected.
• Ensure domestic waste, clinical waste and soiled linen is collected, transported and stored in accordance with procedure.
• Transport oxygen cylinders to wards on request, checking the gauges beforehand.
• Take delivery of oxygen cylinders and ensure they are stored correctly.

Skills & qualifications

• Evidence of manual handling and physical fitness (Essential)
• NVQ certificate (Desirable)
• Evidence of good clear communication (Essential)
• Communication qualification/certificate e.g. customer care (Desirable)
• Demonstrate flexibility within advertised role (Essential)
• Open to learning new skills and working ideas (Desirable)
• Experience working in a hospital portering role (Desirable)

About Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience for our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn. Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs. Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services; Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs. A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019. Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, recognised as a pioneer in equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti‑Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti‑racism in all that we do.