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Portering
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week including bank holidays
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (12hr shift)
Job ref
275-2501GENPOR-2
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£23,615 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/01/2025 08:00

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General Porter

Band 2

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

General Porter

Division: Estates & Facilities

Band: 2

Salary: £23,615 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for General Porters who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

To convey patients by wheelchair, bed, trolley, etc, between wards and departments on the hospital site and ensure the means of transportation is in a safe, working order and to report any defects in line with current procedures.

Please note the successful post holder should ideally have a full UK Driving Licence.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To deliver and collect clinical & non clinical items, including post, beds, trolleys, wheelchairs, medical gases, pathology specimens, laundry, waste, furniture; responding to any ad-hoc requests and ensuring procedures are followed.

To convey deceased patients to the mortuary and to do so in a dignified manner, using the appropriate equipment, also on request to place deceased patients within the viewing room (this will include viewings for babies, and young children) in accordance with procedures, and return to storage area on request. They are the first point of contact for the undertakers out of hours.

To work to the roster prepared by the Portering Manager covering 24 hours a day, 7 days per week including bank holidays.

To undertake job tasks via the handheld Trust system in a timely and efficient manner.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 2 Support Services or good level of general education & equivalent level of working experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of good health and safety practice.
  • Knowledge of data protection

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working as part of a team
  • Proven experience working in health service or caring / customer facing environment

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Basic IT Skills
  • The ability to navigate the portering database
  • Good communication Skills

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?

Other Attributes

Desirable criteria
  • Full UK Driving Licence or in process of undertaking testing

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please note this vacancy may close early if the number of applications is met.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tim Cowell
Job title
Senior Facilities Manager - Logistics
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 975987
Additional information

for further details contact Craig Utteridge 01634 974895

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