Theatre Porter

Bupa; London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Bupa is seeking a full-time Theatre Porter at Cromwell Hospital in London. In this role, you will ensure the safety and comfort of patients in the operating theatre, responding to requests for portering services and assisting clinical teams. The ideal candidate has previous experience in healthcare, strong communication skills, and the ability to lift heavy items. Bupa offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits including health insurance and a pension plan.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year

Bupa health insurance

Enhanced pension plan

Annual Health Services Bonus Scheme

Travel cost support

Qualifications

• Experience as a porter in a healthcare setting, ideally within a theatre environment.
• Ability to work under pressure and remain calm.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standard of patient care and ensure safety within the operating theatre.
• Complete manual handling training to assist clinical teams with the transportation.
• Maintain effective logs and records of activity to support seamless flow of information.

Skills

Previous experience as a porter

Physical capability to lift

Clear spoken English

Understanding of Health and Safety protocols

Good timekeeping

Job description

Job Description:

Theatre Porter

Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU

Permanent

£24,000 a year + fantastic benefits

Full time – 37.5hrs a week (Shifts are Monday to Sunday. Variety of shift patterns between the hours of 7am to 9pm. On call hours given as overtime)

We make health happen.

Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each day.

You will be required to respond to all requests for Theatre Portering services, operate systems and maintain accurate logs and reports. You’ll follow processes and procedures and generally assuring the safety and welfare of all staff, patients and visitors. You will act and interact with patients, consultants, staff and visitors in a way that will create an experience in accordance with Cromwell Hospital’s Service Vision “Every Patient is a VIP”.

You’ll help us make health happen by contributing to the following key tasks

• Deliver a high standard of patient care and ensure safety within the operating theatre environment.
• Always maintain a professional and courteous manner, offering support to other departments as needed.
• Complete manual handling training to safely assist clinical teams with the transportation and handling of equipment and materials.
• Provide support in positioning and transferring patients within the theatre, following successful completion of the required training and risk assessment.
• Undertake duties in accordance with Theatre Department’s policies and procedures.
• Recognise and respond in an appropriate and proportionate manner to any situation which has the potential to threaten the safety or security or well-being of the hospital, its patients, visitors and staff.
• Maintain effective logs and records of activity. Promote, support and encourage the seamless flow of information both to and from the Theatre portering team and the hospital at large so as to be able to anticipate, rather than be react to, changing circumstances within the hospital.
• Ensure you present yourself for duty in a timely manner and are dressed and equipped so as to maintain and display at all times the highest professional standards.
• To escort patients to and from the Theatre department and their rooms and to and from any of the hospital’s departments.
• To perform the change of all medical gases as and when required and store empty cylinders in the appropriate area and enter into the cylinder log such changes.
• Observe and report visitor and patient movement and access to restricted parts of the Hospital.
• Ensure compliance with all Health and Safety and Environmental safety requirements.
• Maintain the condition and ensure the suitability and integrity of all equipment employed within the department. This includes Wheelchairs and Trolleys.
• Carry out regular inspections of emergency as well as other equipment used in the department. This includes wheelchairs and Theatre portering equipment within the hospital as well as first aid equipment within Theatres, so as to ensure its readiness at all times for use in the event of an emergency and or patient requirement.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Previous experience as a porter in a healthcare setting, ideally within a theatre environment
• Physical capability to lift and move heavy items when required
• Clear and effective spoken English communication skills
• Basic information and technology skills
• Good telephone manner
• Understanding of Health and Safety protocols and procedures
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Good timekeeping
• Able to empathise with patients and demonstrate genuine care
• Ability to work under pressure and remain calm.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Annual Health Services Bonus Scheme
• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Property & Facilities

Locations:

Cromwell Hospital London