Overview
Full time vacancies available - various shifts - to be confirmed at interview. This role includes Portering and Basic Security duties. Porters move people and items around a hospital site. Basic Security Service includes an Open and close function as well as supporting the site Security Officer with Parking. This support grade role will work in a dual role, based in Victoria Infirmary Northwich. You would be a part of the Security team within the facilities department, based at VIN and will have contact with clinical and non-clinical staff.
Responsibilities
* Provide a basic security support service to protect and act in a manner that helps in maintaining a safe and crime free environment.
* Patrol and manage, as instructed, the car parking facilities at Victoria Infirmary Northwich.
* Provide an open and close service in collaboration with the VIN security Officer and Trust Security Team at Leighton Hospital.
* Report and log incidents of crime and violence.
* Ensure that all policies and procedures of the Trust which affect the security of property and the safety of employees and patients are read, understood, and carried out.
* Assist the Security Officer with Car Park management.
* Provide a Portering service in public, patient and staff areas. Follow NHS guidance and work to NHS standards, liaising with departmental and ward managers, housekeepers and supervisors to deliver a patient focused service.
* Using special handling techniques to move expensive, specialist medical equipment from one part of the hospital to another.
* Transporting medical supplies, such as oxygen cylinders, and collecting and returning them when they are empty.
* Transporting general clinical waste and hazardous materials.
* Delivering some supplies to departments.
* Assisting the site security officer with car park management.
* To provide an open/close service.
* To provide a Porter service in all patient, public and staff areas.
* To transport patients notes from and to departments as requested.
* To maintain entrances and exits to the premises so that they are free from litter, leaves etc.
* To transport and replace medical gas cylinders for wards and departments.
* To direct patients and visitors around VIN and help with patient, visitor enquiries.
* To collect and distribute goods within VIN.
Qualifications and Experience
* Security support should:
o Have good communication skills.
o Be able to work well with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
o Be friendly, polite and helpful.
o Have a positive outlook.
o Be fit and have high levels of stamina.
o Be able to work well under pressure.
o Act calmly and quickly in emergencies.
o Be able to follow instructions.
o Be reliable, hardworking, honest and trustworthy.
o Respect patient confidentiality.
o Deal sensitively with patients and visitors who are anxious, distressed or very unwell.
o Have a flexible attitude to work.
You will be based at Victoria Infirmary Northwich (VIN) and will have contact with clinical and non-clinical staff, working with nurses, operating department practitioners, healthcare assistants, housekeepers and other security staff.
The Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm. The advert closes on Sunday 2 Nov 2025.
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