Portering & Waste Manager

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Portering Service Manager, responsible for effectively managing the portering service across all departments. Focus on staff leadership, operational efficiency, and budget management while contributing to quality patient care within a supportive and diverse work environment.

Benefits

Access to high-quality training and development

Commitment to staff health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience in managing portering or similar services.
• Understanding compliance and legislative requirements.
• Ability to analyze staffing levels and develop rotas.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations of hospital porters across various services.
• Ensure compliance with budgetary constraints and quality standards.
• Provide guidance and support for staff under supervision.

Skills

Leadership

Operational Management

Budget Management

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Job description

Responsible for planning, leading, and overseeing the daily duties of all hospital porters (General, Theatre, X-ray, Pharmacy, Post, and Utilities) on all matters related to their workload, including rostering and payroll. Ensure that adequate and appropriate levels of service are maintained to provide portering support to all wards and departments. This involves analyzing staffing levels and hospital requirements, providing timely rotas from the e-rostering system, and adjusting rotas to cover annual leave or sickness.

Promote cooperation and versatility within the workplace and encourage a positive attitude within the department by leading by example.

Ensure that any work undertaken that is not budgeted for is costed and reported to the divisional accountant at the beginning of each month for cross-charging.

Provide guidance and professional advice, acting as a point of contact for all matters relating to staff under your supervision.

Handle all general enquiries from staff, patients, visitors, and the public in a helpful and courteous manner.

The post holder will be responsible for providing timely, efficient, and effective operational management to ensure that the Portering service is responsive and delivered to the highest standards, with a focus on service users. To identify changing demand on services, develop and implement plans in conjunction with the Head of Site Services and Support Service Manager, and support change management processes.

Waste Management: Ensure defined services are provided across the Trust within budgetary constraints. Plan and chair monthly waste management meetings with key stakeholders, produce terms of reference and agendas, circulate minutes, and assign responsibilities through action plans. Create and implement review programs on service performance, suggest improvements, and identify projects for service improvements or cost savings, considering provider and commissioner objectives, financial resources, clinical concerns, and legislative issues. Present new initiatives at PEG meetings. Produce waste audit plans to benchmark service delivery against national standards and Trust policies, aiming to improve waste stream compliance across all areas.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and surrounding areas, across two hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity, and Paediatrics. You will join a friendly, high-performing Trust committed to staff health and wellbeing. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in the region, you will have access to high-quality training and development to support your career growth. The Trust is dedicated to delivering the best patient care using the latest clinical knowledge and technology.

We recruit based on qualifications, experience, and behaviors that underpin our core values through values-based recruitment. We are committed to inclusive recruitment practices, promoting equality and diversity, and valuing differences.

Please note that vacancies may close early when sufficient applications are received. All new staff will undergo a 6-month probationary period. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all attached documents to familiarize yourself with the job requirements.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Kevan Hughes
• Job Title: Head of Site Services & Facilities
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]