Porter & Transport Driver

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Lancashire; Vor Ort; GBP 15.000 - 18.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Waste Porter - Driver to provide a flexible frontline support service for staff and patients and assist various departments. Your duties include driving a Trust tail-lift vehicle to collect waste streams and dirty linen, moving and relocating furniture, and ensuring a high standard of customer care across the site.

You will work as part of a team year-round, including on network holidays.

Aufgaben

• The post holder will work as part of a team to provide an efficient Portering service to the Trust.
• To provide and to contribute to a first-class customer care service to all users of the Trust.
• To undertake driving duties in a Trust tail-lift vehicle, to enable the collection of various waste streams and dirty linen from areas of the Trust premises.
• To transfer furniture and equipment during office relocations and or new developments.
• To collect bagged/caged linen/laundry from designated locations as in agreed schedules.This includes soiled and infected linen.
• To undertake refuse collections of clinical, household, confidential and specialist waste.
• Undertake driving duties as necessary in accordance with service needs, occasional off-site local driving is required.
• To undertake daily vehicle checks and report faults.
• To ensure refuelling of vehicle is undertaken as and when required.
• Ensure that the expectations of service users are met through the compliance with the Portering Service Standards.
• Attend training as required to meet statutory and service needs within the Portering Service.
• To be responsible for always wearing correct Personal Protective Equipment, provided by the Trust for own protection.
• Ensure compliance with written procedures for all aspects of Portering Services, these forming the basis of Portering Service Standards and induction training.
• To attend incidents of fire in line with operational procedures.
• Have responsibility for the safe and effective utilisation of equipment used by the Portering Service.
• As directed, assist newly appointed porter/drivers during the local induction phase, in awareness and familiarisation of the services provided and the processes that enable the service to function effectively, safely, and securely.
• The Portering Services operate throughout the year and as such the post-holder will be under a contractual obligation to work on National Public/Bank Holidays, if rostered to do so.
• This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Nov 2026

Jobbeschreibung

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Waste Porter - Driver to provide a flexible frontline support service for staff and patients and assist various departments. Your duties include driving a Trust tail-lift vehicle to collect waste streams and dirty linen, moving and relocating furniture, and ensuring a high standard of customer care across the site.

You will work as part of a team year-round, including on network holidays.