About this role
Job summary Porter Leeds Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time | £25,038 per annum 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 General Hospital Porter, you will:
Manage waste streams (clinical, domestic, recycling, special) Carry out security checks (early morning opening, evening lockdown, and ad hoc) Control access to the car park Manage patient transfers between departments Manage both internal and external post (including recording of postal use by on-site third parties) Maintain the external environment to a high standard (including the car park) To support the Porter Team Leader and Facilities Team to ensure that the third party facilities providers are delivering to the agreed levels of service
About us Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital is proud to have received a 'Good' rating from the health care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC highlighted that patient care was at the heart of the service and this is testimony to the commitment, skill, and pride of the team at the hospital. Our successful, purpose-built hospital deals with complex surgery and a vast range of specialities involving some 300 consultants. There are 80 bedrooms, an 8 bed Level 3 critical care unit and 6 theatres (2 Stryker laparoscopic and 2 laminar flow). We are close to the city centre and central railway station."
Job description Job responsibilities Hospital Porter
Leeds Hospital | Facilities | Permanent Contract | Full time |
£25,038 per annum
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 General Hospital Porter at our Nuffield Health Leeds 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 General Hospital Porter, you will:
Manage waste streams (clinical, domestic, recycling, special) Carry out security checks (early morning opening, evening lockdown, and ad hoc) Control access to the car park Manage patient transfers between departments Manage both internal and external post (including recording of postal use by on-site third parties) Maintain the external environment to a high standard (including the car park) To support the Porter Team Leader and Facilities Team to ensure that the third party facilities providers are delivering to the agreed levels of service
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 Leeds Hospital.
At Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital located in the heart of Leeds city centre, we are committed to continuing our vision of providing the highest level of care to all our patients. Our successful, purpose-built hospital deals with complex surgery supported by a Level 3 critical care unit covering a vast range of specialties such as: brain surgery, cardiac surgery, general surgery, orthopedics and spinal surgery. s
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
NA
Experience Essential
NA
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 2 Leighton Street
Leeds
LS1 3EB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nuffieldhealthcareers.com (Opens in a new tab)