Job overview
Porters play a crucial part in keeping the hospital working by moving patients, goods and equipment between departments to where they are needed.
Hospital Porters are also involved in emergency response arrangements including the response to fire alarm activations and support to security where required.
As a Porter in Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you will play a part in the provision of excellent care to our patients.
We are looking for enthusiastic and committed team members who are willing to work hard to maintain our service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Main duties of the job
The safe movement of people and goods including (but not limited to):
1. Patients (including babies, children and adults)
2. The deceased
3. Mail
4. Medical Records
5. Pharmacy supplies
6. Blood units and Pathology Specimens
7. Sterile Supplies
8. Patient meals
9. Domestic Waste
10. Confidential Waste
11. Clinical and Cytotoxic Waste
12. Linen
13. Office furniture and equipment
14. Check all modes of patient equipment are safe and in good working order
15. Attend all crash and trauma calls to support the crash team
16. Deputise for the Shift Leads in their absence as requested by the service. Lead
17. Undertake Non –routine Portering duties such as office furniture and equipment movement
18. Replenish medical gas supply, including where required the connection to the medical gases systems
19. Collection from clinical area and transfer to Mortuary of deceased patients to include the completion of appropriate documentation
20. Provide support to security staff where required
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
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
21. Good standard of education including Numeracy ELS and literacy skills
Desirable criteria
22. Conflict resolution Training
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
23. Customer care focused - Experience of working in a busy environment with conflicting demands
Desirable criteria
24. Experience of working in an NHS environment or public sector.
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
25. Physically fit
Desirable criteria
26. Ability to remain calm