Theatre Porter

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; St Leonards; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is offering an exciting opportunity for a Band 2 Theatre Porter at Conquest Hospital. The role involves transporting patients, equipment, and specimens to support surgical teams. Candidates must possess strong communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills, and be capable of working in a multidisciplinary team. This is a full-time position requiring occasional weekend and bank holiday shifts. If you're committed to providing excellent care, apply today to join a dedicated healthcare team.

Benefits

Staff development

NHS pension scheme

Access to onsite nurseries

Access to staff restaurants

Qualifications

• Good standard of General Education including Maths and English.
• Previous experience of patient & equipment handling.
• Previous experience of working with people (customer service).

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the patients journey through theatres.
• Transport essential and non‑essential equipment, specimens and blood products.
• Assist Theatre/PACU staff with patient transferring/positioning.

Skills

Ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary Team

Ability to demonstrate care and compassion to/for patients and carers

Education

Good standard of General Education including Maths and English

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Conquest Hospital for a Band 2 Theatre Porter.

The job role will include participating in collection of patients from surgical wards, transporting patients, equipment, specimens and general support as required to the PACU and theatre teams.

This is a full time service and you will be required to work some weekends and bank holidays throughout the year.

You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills as working in part of a Multidisciplinary Team is essential to this role.

Main duties of the job

To facilitate the patients journey through theatres.

To transport essential and non‑essential equipment, specimens and blood products around the hospital.

To support the daily waste management through theatres.

Assisting Theatre/PACU staff with the transferring/positioning of patients on beds and trollies.

About us

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto‑enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good standard of General Education including Maths and English

Experience

• Previous experience of patient & equipment handling
• Previous experience of working with people (customer service)

Skills

• The ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary Team
• The ability to demonstrate care and compassion to/for patients and carers

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.