Job summary
Employer heading
Bank Porter
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
Job Summary
Ensure efficient, cost-effective management of all Portering Services.
To organise, develop and improve Portering Services throughout the Trust.
Providing a customer focused service.
Ensure compliance with the Trust Quality Strategy.
SDGH - ODGH (Both sites)
Main duties of the job
Maintain all operational procedures.
Maintenance of computerised records as appropriate.
Compiling reports, data as required.
Involvement in the review of departmental work instructions and procedures.
Enforce compliance with the Waste Management Policy to meet changing
requirements as segregation requirements increase.
Ensure portering staff are fully aware of and comply with Hygiene and attend
regular update training with Infection Control.
Lead, implement and deliver into facilities operational procedures and
services that the Trust has agreed in the Sustainability and Carbon
Reduction Strategy.
Assisting with the transfer of bodies from wards to the mortuary, completion of appropriate records.
Work with the Accommodation department to enable a smooth changeover of
tenants within the residential accommodation and assist with day to day
problems
Maintain the operation of the Car Parking system and associated car parks.
Working for our organisation
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
- CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 26th July 2024
Closing date: 2nd August 2024
Shortlisting date: 5th August 2024
Proposed Interview date: 9th August 2024
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A good general education to GCSE level including maths and English.
Desirable criteria
- Food Safety Awareness Level 1 Knowledge & Experience
- Previous portering experience
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria
- Large scale or Health Care portering work
- Understanding of Cleaning and Hygiene principals
Desirable criteria
- Patient care / movement of patients
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication and listening skills
- Understanding reasons for patient confidentiality
- Full driving licence
Desirable criteria
- Working within a Health care environment
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Terry Kelly
- Job title
- Logistics/Portering manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01695 656598
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