University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 2 Porter
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Job Summary
Join our Portering Team at Heartlands Hospital, we have 5 part-time vacancies working a rotational shift pattern of Friday and Saturday, Sunday and Monday rotating Days 0600 - 1400 week 1, 1400 - 2200 week 2 and 2200 - 0600 week 3
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
Hospital porters provide a varied and supportive role to clinical and non-clinical teams. This includes the movement of patients on beds, trolleys, and wheelchairs. It also involves the movement of equipment, medication, medical gases, post, patient notes, patient meals, consumables, waste, samples, and test results from one place to another; enabling care and services to continue.
- Work in a safe, courteous, and confidential manner whilst following Trust Policy and associated Standard Operating Procedures relating to the task being carried out.
- Be in designated place of work from agreed shift start time to agreed shift end time.
- To maintain a level of portering service throughout the Trust and/or your designated work area by following a planned schedule of work as well as making flexible alterations when required.
- Move patients by wheelchair or bed or stretcher around the hospital site from various wards and departments and can involve some distance including, where directed, using the internal ambulance.
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About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value, and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values-driven in all that we do, and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such, we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long-term health condition, mental health, or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Basic level of education in literacy and numeracy (E)
Experience
Essential
- Able to work as a team member (E)
- Dealing with the public and ability to work under pressure (E)
Desirable
- Organisational skills, sorting post
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Physically able to undertake all duties and comply with all relevant Trust policies (E)
- Flexible and reliable for the needs of the service (E)
- Willingness to suggest, assist, and implement any changes to improve our standard of care (E)
- Must hold a UK driving licence up to a maximum of 6 points due to Commercial Vehicle Insurance (Applicable Porter Driver posts only) (E)
- Able to work with minimum supervision and to work within established guidelines (E)
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Desirable
- Minimum 2 years driving experience (D)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Steven Johnstne
01214240454
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£25272.00 to £25272.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9012606
Job locations
Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green E
Birmingham
West Midlands
B9 5SS
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Job Description
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