Porter / Waste Porter

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a portering operative to support wards and departments across the site. You will escort and convey patients by wheelchair, bed or trolley and help move food trolleys, boxes and equipment to where they are needed.

Responsibilities include transferring specimens to the pathology and other departments, collecting prescriptions for Pharmacy, handling medical gas cylinders, attending fire calls and assisting during cardiac arrests, and

Responsibilities

• Provide portering service to all wards & departments
• Escort and convey patients by wheelchair, bed or trolley
• Distribute food trolleys and boxes - and food items
• Transfer specimens or bloods to the pathology department and other wards and departments
• Collect prescriptions and drug books from wards and departments and deliver to Pharmacy
• Move and change medical gas cylinders as requested
• Attend fire calls
• Assist at cardiac arrests
• Transport records, X-rays, furniture, equipment and materials
• Mortuary duties as required - viewings, BID's
• Report suspicious incidents and assist where necessary
• Assist with low level security requests
• Cover staff in the post room - sorting mail
• Collect general clinical waste - cytotoxic refuse and sharp boxes
• Attend mandatory training courses: moving & handling, resuscitation, infection control, fire training and dealing with conflict training
• Training in safe handling of medical gases and liquid nitrogen

Job description

• To provide a portering service to all wards & departments. To escort and convey patients by wheelchair, bed or trolley.
• To distribute food trolleys and boxes - and food items.
• To transfer various specimens or bloods to the pathology department andother wards and departments.
• To collect prescriptions and drug books from wards and departments and deliver them to the Pharmacy department.
• To move & change medical gas cylinders as requested.
• To attend fire calls.
• To assist at cardiac arrests.
• To transport records, X-rays, furniture, equipment and materials.
• To undertake mortuary duties as required - viewings, BID's.
• To report any suspicious incidents and assist, where necessary.
• When required, assist with low level security requests.
• To cover staff in the post room - sorting incoming and outgoing Mail - distribute to all wards and departments.
• To collect general clinical, waste - cytotoxic refuse and sharp boxes from all areas on site, if required.
• Attends mandatory training courses.
• Ensure that when a deceased patient is transported from the ward they are treated with due dignity and respect.
• Operate a communication device to keep in touch with other staff in the department.
• Attendance at all sessions is mandatory, these include moving & handling, resuscitation, infection control, clinical governance, fire training and Dealing with Conflict training. Training in safe handling of medical gases.
• Training in safe handling of all medical gases/ safe handling of liquid nitrogen.
  Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are