Porter Portering / FacilitiesNHS

Job summary

An opportunity to join a dynamic team with a customer focused approach. Tasks can be patient facing and other tasks involve supporting the clinical teams to ensure the efficient running of the hospital. A flexible approach is essential to ensure that the daily demands of the role can be met. If you like a role which presents a variety of challenges, then come and join the team.

We are unable to offer Certificates of Sponsorships for this role

Please note, this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a high number of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

To provide and maintain a professional, efficient, effective and timely service to patients, visitors and other departments that will contribute to achieving high quality patient care.

To Ensure the service supports the clinical care of patients and respects the privacy & dignity of every patient.

To ensure the health & safety of both recipients and those delivering the service.

To contribute towards best practice within the department.

To assist the porter management team in the development of the service.

Job description

Our porters play a vital role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the hospital by providing a wide range of essential support services. Typical day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Transporting patients safely and professionally throughout the hospital using beds, trolleys, and wheelchairs.
• Collecting and delivering specimen samples, blood products, and other clinical items to support patient care.
• Delivering pharmaceuticals to wards and departments in a timely and secure manner.
• Collecting and distributing medical gases across the hospital.
• Providing waste collection and disposal services in line with hospital policies and infection prevention standards.
• Transporting patient meal trolleys to and from wards.
• Delivering clean linen to wards and departments.
• Collecting and distributing internal and external mail and postal items.
• Assisting with the movement of furniture and hospital equipment as required.
• Working closely with the mortuary department, carrying out duties with professionalism, dignity, and respect.

Hospital porters are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring patients, staff, and essential resources are moved safely and efficiently to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.