About this role
Job summary Porter Newcastle Hospital | Theatre | Permanent | Full time | Up to £26,000 per annum depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Are you good with people? Do you feel comfortable with physical work, like pushing beds and lifting heavy equipment? If so, this is a fantastic opportunity to join the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, where you can enjoy a highly rewarding role. We're taking care of the nation's health and it starts with you.
Main duties of the job As a Hospital Porter, you will:
Be part of a close-knit professional team
Collect and return patients to their individual rooms, before and after surgery
Work with your colleagues to ensure that the theatre environment and its equipment are fully functioning
Help with the cleaning of the theatre environment and equipment
Work in a fast-moving clinical environment
Maintain constant and effective interaction with our theatre team
About us Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital
Located in Jesmond; you will be working at one of the north easts leading private hospitals, with a Good CQC rating, we have 27 en-suite private bedrooms, 3 state-of-the-art operating theatres, a dedicated breast care unit. We offer on-site pathology services and diagnostic imaging including CT and MRI, to help patients after surgery we have on-site physiotherapy specialists. We have a special focus in the areas of orthopaedics, spinal surgery, ophthalmology, weight loss surgery and cosmetic treatment.
Job description Job responsibilities Porter Newcastle Hospital | Theatre | Permanent | Full time | Up to £26,000 per annum depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Are you good with people? Do you feel comfortable with physical work, like pushing beds and lifting heavy equipment? If so, this is a fantastic opportunity to join the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, where you can enjoy a highly rewarding role. We're taking care of the nation's health and it starts with you.
As a Porter at our Newcastle Hospital, you'll need to be a good communicator, as this role involves helping our patients to feel relaxed and reassured, before and after surgery. It's also essential that you're happy to undergo our Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, as part of your application.
As a Hospital Porter, you will:
Be part of a close-knit professional team
Collect and return patients to their individual rooms, before and after surgery
Work with your colleagues to ensure that the theatre environment and its equipment are fully functioning
Help with the cleaning of the theatre environment and equipment
Work in a fast-moving clinical environment
Maintain constant and effective interaction with our theatre team
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.
Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital
Located in Jesmond; you will be working at one of the north easts leading private hospitals, with a Good CQC rating, we have 27 en-suite private bedrooms, 3 state-of-the-art operating theatres, a dedicated breast care unit. We offer on-site pathology services and diagnostic imaging including CT and MRI, to help patients after surgery we have on-site physiotherapy specialists. We have a special focus in the areas of orthopaedics, spinal surgery, ophthalmology, weight loss surgery and cosmetic treatment.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.
It starts with you.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
N.A
Experience Essential
N,A
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Nuffield Health
Address Clayton Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1JP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nuffieldhealthcareers.com (Opens in a new tab)