Porter/Handy Person

NHS; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health institution in Lincoln is seeking a Porter/Handy Person to join their team. This role involves maintaining cleanliness, driving, handling deliveries, and assisting with various facility-related tasks. Ideal candidates should have practical DIY skills, moving and handling knowledge, and effective communication abilities. Flexible working hours are required, with a commitment to high-quality healthcare services.

Qualifications

• Previous work in a similar environment.
• Knowledge of hospital layout and practices.

Responsibilities

• Keep external area clean and free from litter.
• Assist in identifying building maintenance needs.
• Drive unit vehicle and perform safety checks.
• Escort ward staff/patients to appointments.

Skills

Practical DIY Skills

Moving and handling knowledge

Teamwork

Effective communication

Education

Moving and handling Certificate

Job description

Job summary: Do you have practical DIY skills? Moving and handling knowledge? A clean driving licence? Are you looking for a varied, active role? If so, an opportunity has arisen for a Porter/Handy Person to join our friendly team.

The post is for 20.5 hours to be worked flexibly, including bank holidays.

Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected

Main duties of the job

Keep the external area swept and free from litter. Assist in identifying building maintenance needs (internal and external). Report to Unit Administrator/Housekeeper Supervisor

Removal of waste disposal and dirty linen to appropriate store

Distribute/collect mail to and from wards and departments throughout the day.

Oversee delivery of goods received to the unit, including RDC delivery, and distribute appropriately, ensuring to check items against order.

Moving and handling of beds, furniture and other equipment as and when required

Escort ward staff/patients to hospital appointments/ECT and also the administrator to the bank.

Drive the unit vehicle as and when required.

Clean and attend to unit vehicles on a regular basis, including regular safety checks, reporting any faults, and adhering to the local protocol for unit cars.

Take the unit vehicle to the garage for MOT/Service

Transport controlled drug order book to Lincoln County Hospital Pharmacy and collect drugs as and when required in line with Trust policy

During bad weather, grit/sand the car park.

Inform Unit Administrator or Line Manager, as appropriate of any Health and Safety shortfalls or issues regarding the building or any work practice when completing the monthly Health and Safety fire checks

Deal with delivery of chilled food for wards on a Saturday morning in line with food handling regulations.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications:

• Practical DIY Skills

Desirable Qualifications:

• Moving and handling Certificate

Essential Experience:

• Previous work in similar environment
• Knowledge of hospital layout and hospital practices

Essential Skills:

• Moving and handling knowledge
• Work well within a team
• Effective communicator

Desirable Skills:

• Familiar with Microsoft Office

Special Requirements:

• Current full driving licence
• Pleasant disposition
• Ability to prioritise
• General fitness
• Literacy skills
• Willingness to learn skills required for the job
• Show initiative
• Ability to be flexible within working hours

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.