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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a busy Portering & Security Team within the Directorate of Estates, Facilities & PFI. The post holder will be responsible for a full range of Supervisory duties within the Portering & Security Department at County Hospital.

Portering and Security is a 24hour, 365 day service. The successful candidate will be contracted to work an average of 37.5 hours, per week through a rolling 8 week hybrid rota shift pattern of 12 hour and 8 hour shifts including days , afternoons and nights and weekends. This includes  paid annual leave per year of 27 days plus bank holidays rising to 33 days after 10 years service in the NHS.

Pay

Staff will also benefit from enhanced payments on top of their basic hourly pay as outlined below:

Basic pay: £11.67 per hour rising to £12.45 after 2 years.

Additional Payments

Unsociable hours - for all hours worked between the hours of 20.00pm to 6.00am, an additional 35% will be paid per hour on top of basic payment.

Saturday Working - for all hours worked on a Saturday, an additional 35% will be paid per hour on top of basic payment.

Sunday Working - for all hours worked on a Sunday, an additional 69% will be paid per hour on top of basic payment.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a range of Supervisory duties that will include: Maintaining the required standard of Portering & Security services following the correct procedures.

Acting as one of the Security Leads during security incidents on the County Hospital Site.

Providing Supervisory Management support to the Portering and Car parking & Security manager for the Portering & Security department.

Being the on-site duty contact for Portering and Security matters.

Supervising Portering and Security Officers during their day-to-day duties.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.