Theatre Porter

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Cambridge seeks motivated theatre porters to assist in maintaining high standards required in the operating department. Responsibilities include escorting patients, cleaning theatre equipment, and handling equipment used in theatres. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply, and those with disabilities will be offered an interview if they meet the criteria.

Responsibilities

• Assist in escorting patients between wards/departments and theatres.
• Cleaning theatre equipment, the operating room and associated areas.
• Moving and handling equipment used by Theatres and Sterile Services.

Job description

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual looking for a new direction and challenge?

We are looking for theatre porters who can uphold our Trust Values of Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration and help maintain the high standards required within our operating department. All Healthcare workers provide an important service supporting the theatre teams within this busy and demanding environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in escorting patients between wards/departments and theatres.
• Cleaning theatre equipment, the operating room and associated areas.
• Moving and handling equipment used by Theatres and Sterile Services to and from Theatres and other Departments.

About Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state‑of‑the‑art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus – the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe – the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission – a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day‑to‑day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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