University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Porter - Facilities Portering
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Job Summary
Bank Porters Required to Cover Sickness and Annual Leave
We have a number of Bank Porter vacancies to cover Monday to Sunday on all shifts, 0600 - 1400, 0900 - 1700, 1400 - 2200 & 2200 - 0600.
If you feel that you would like the opportunity to join the bank at Heartlands Hospital Portering team and have the experience or desire to learn the role in a fast-paced environment within the NHS.
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.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
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- 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.
- Assist patients into wheelchairs and onto beds; ensuring their comfort in readiness for transport to a designated area.
- 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.
- Assist patients requiring support on discharge from nursing unit or treatment area to the hospital exit points.
- Ensure patient safety during transport by keeping regularly used equipment such as wheelchairs and trolleys clean; reporting improperly working equipment to supervisor for repair and storing in readily accessible area.
- Deliver all drugs, including controlled drugs as well as IV fluids to wards and departments in accordance with policy and procedures set by clinical governance.
- Deliver, collect, and change all medical gases to wards and departments as well as changing gas manifolds (Full training will be provided).
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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
MAIN DUTIES AND TASKS CONTINUED: Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
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- Collect all blood specimens and routine specimens from all wards and departments and deliver them to relevant laboratories in compliance with the safe transportation of blood specimens. Also collect blood products and deliver to wards and departments.
- Respond to tasks allocated by the Supervisor or Helpdesk Controller either verbally or via communication device and/or telephone pager.
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
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
Wendy Lamey
Wendy.lamey@uhb.nhs.uk
Pay scheme
Other
Band
Salary
£11.68 to £16.93 Hourly
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Part-Time, Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-BANKPORTER26
Job locations
Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green E
Birmingham
West Midlands
B9 5SS
Attachments
- Job Description
- JD PS Bank Porter.pdf – 502KB Opens in a new window
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