Job overview
Come and join our friendly theatre team based at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital.
As a theatre porter you will work alongside nursing, medical and other health care professionals to support our service. You will transfer patients within the peri operative environment and ensure the theatre environment is a safe, well stocked and clean working area.
Main duties of the job
The Surgical Division is seeking a full-time theatre porter based in the operating theatre department. The postholder will provide a range of support duties within the theatre suite. You will need to be flexible to cover a range of shifts including late duties and weekend work.
Your main duties will include assisting with both patient and non-patient manual handling, cleaning duties and waste disposal and you will ensure that the department is always kept tidy. You will also have store management responsibilities.
You must have good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and be able to remain calm in a busy environment. This is a demanding role which requires a good level of physical resilience.
If you are a team player and have the motivation to help others, then please consider applying.
We are based at Winchester Royal Hampshire County Hospital where you will be part of a small but busy team who assist in the running of our operating theatres.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. •Good standard of education including numeracy and literacy skills
Desirable criteria
2. •Customer care training or similar experience.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
3. •Experience of working in a busy environment with conflicting demands
Desirable criteria
4. •Experience of working in an NHS environment or public sector.
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
5. •Good verbal and written communication skills, including excellent telephone manner.
Desirable criteria
6. •Problem solving skills.