Porter

Job overview

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Interviews to take place: 10/11.06.26

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Due to current Home Office Guidelines, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is unable to provide sponsorship for this role.

To support patient experience and patient flow by undertaking all portering related duties. This includes primarily the transportation of patients to and from wards and departments, the movement of goods, including but not limited to post, pharmacy, gas cylinders, specimens, bloods, furniture and stores items, supplies, waste and linen and any other duties appropriate to the grade, which may be assigned from time to time.

• The safe and efficient transportation of patients including any personal belongings or required equipment, using trolleys, beds or wheelchairs. Transferring patients and equipment to and from all wards and departments throughout the hospital sites.
• Transportation of goods, stores, furniture, notes, x-rays, and any other items on request.
• Transportation of bloods and specimens to the appropriate labs and from labs to appropriate wards and departments.
• Transportation of deceased patients from wards, departments and A&E to the mortuary. Assist with Mortuary viewings when requested.
• Exchange and movement of oxygen and other medical gas cylinders from gas cylinder storage areas across sites
• Utilisation of communication devices such as ipods and radios to receive jobs and communicate with Team Leaders and or Resource Allocator.
• Run the post room during opening hours. Ensure the safe acceptance, delivery and transfer of post items to external companies from across the sites. Ensure the safe acceptance, delivery and transfer of post items internally
• Deal with Visitors, staff and patients queries in a courteous, effective and efficient manner.
• Report in a timely manner any Health and Safety issues or incidents

Working for our organisation

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached for the job description document for this post for further details in regards to the main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Experience

• Significant working experience within a customer focused environment

• Working in a Hospital/ Care Home/ Healthcare Environment
• Portering Work Experience

Skills

• Ability to follow instructions (verbal and written)
• Ability to work within agreed procedures and deadlines and to use initiative appropriately to deal with unexpected situations

Knowledge

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality

• Knowledge of portering services and how this impacts on patient care and services delivered within the hospital

Qualifications

• Entry level 3 or above in literacy

• Entry level 2 or above in numeracy, or willing to undertake training to achieve.
• Health & Safety Training
• Customer Service Training