About this role
Job summary
Join the Heartlands Hospital Portering team
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 of the job
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1.Work in a safe, courteous and confidential manner whilst following Trust Policy and associated Standard Operating Procedures relating to the task being carried out.
2.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.
3.Assist patients into wheelchairs and onto beds; ensuring their comfort in readiness for transport to a designated area.
4.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.
5.Assist patients requiring support on discharge from nursing unit or treatment area to the hospital exit points.
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 Job responsibilities *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
*Able to demonstrate written and verbal skills in English in order to deal with staff at all levels within the organisation (E) *Express a sympathetic and diplomatic nature, especially when dealing with sickness, bereavement and distress (E) *Willingness to undertake specific competencies to meet the full requirements of the role (E) *Basic I.T. Skills (E) *Planning and organisation skills (E) *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)
Desirable
*Electronic communication device skills (D) *Previous experience within a Healthcare environment (D) *Health and Safety (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.
Employer details Employer name University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green E
Birmingham
West Midlands
B9 5SS
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)