About this role
Job summary
DSFS Ltd are looking to recruit the right candidate into the role of a full time Porter on a 37.5 hour per week contract, to work within the portering department main hospital based at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
The duties include conducting a wide variety of portering tasks, you will be expected to work a shift pattern covering 16 hours a day / 7 days a week including weekends.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Main duties of the job
The escorting of patients and visitors. The transportation of patients by appropriate means to other areas of the hospital. Duties in connection with the transference of patients from the ward to appointments the transferring of deceased persons, i.e. transfers to the mortuary. Cleaning of domestic waste equipment and storage areas. Collection of bagged soiled linen. The collection and / or distribution of miscellaneous items, i.e. stores, medical gases, laundry, medical notes. The collection and delivery of blood products from Pathology.
About us
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
Desirable
- Manual Handling Techniques
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work unsupervised Adaptable to meet service needs Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work as a team
Desirable
- Worked within a hospital environment
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to multi task
- Computer and keyboard skills
- Full UK driving licence for operating the waste collection vehicle*
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Physically capable of handling wheeled waste containers and furniture waste. For disabled applicants' alternative arrangements can be made if required.
- Adaptable to meet service needs
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
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
DSFS Ltd - Chesterfield Royal hospital
Calow
Chesterfield
S445BL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)