* Please note that this role is not on the Home Office list of occupations eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.*
** Please note that previous applicants need not apply **
The Ancillary team at Pinderfields Hospital provides Portering and linen services at our acute hospital sites in Wakefield, Dewsbury and Pontefract. To support and maintain the high standards that the service delivers we are looking for an enthusiastic and dependable Relief Logistics Porter to join the Trust and become part of our busy team.
Full-time post - 37.5 hours per week - Working 5 days over 7 on a 23 week rota
** Please note this advert may be closed earlier than the advertised closing date **
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the operational Portering team delivering essential items between wards and departments. The post holder will ensure that documents and items are delivered to and collected from wards and departments in a timely and efficient manner.
The successful applicant will undertake a number of other basic Portering tasks and undertaking other basic Portering duties.
The post holder will be responsive to the requirements of the service, sensitive to patients needs and courteous and caring to all service users. The duties allocated to the Relief Porter may be routine planned tasks or require an immediate response to meet the demands of the Trust
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Job responsibilities
* Good Standard of education in maths and English.
* Experience of working well as part of a team.
* Friendly and respectful of colleagues and service users.
* Enthusiastic and flexible approach to the role and demands of the service.
* Good communication and interpersonal skills.
* Able work on own initiative.
* Ability to work flexibly, quickly and accurately.
* Understanding of the need to maintain confidentiality.
* Awareness of diversity.
* Able to satisfy occupational health screening.
* Good interpersonal and communication skills.
* Across the sites be able to work well as part of a team.
* Experience of working well as part of a team.
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.
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