Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
General Porter
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General Porter
Kettering General Hospital Foundation NHS Trust is looking to recruit enthusiastic people to join our Portering team.
The successful applicants will work as part of a team that provides a caring, safe and efficient Portering service to our patients.
The post will include other duties such as collection and delivery of equipment, post, medical gasses, linen, and waste movements across all areas of the Trust.
Duties will involve driving a transit type van and will include lifting, pulling, and pushing of medium to heavy loads.
The ability to communicate effectively is essential as the role involves interaction with patients and all other users of the hospital and will require the post holder to be aware of the need to be caring, courteous, respectful, confidential, and customer focused in the delivery of their duties.
Applicants must be able to communicate technical information using the English language and have basic literacy, and numeracy skills.
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Previous experience of working in Portering or a similar role and a clean current UK driving license is desirable.
Applicants will be able to work any 5 out of 7 days and work a variety of shifts including night work on a rostered shift pattern.
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
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UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Simon Cooper
- Job title: Portering Manager
- Email address: simon.cooper12@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01536 491425
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