General Porter

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job description

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

To Join the Alder Hey portering team providing a porter service including the transfer of patients between wards & departments including A & E admissions, the collection & delivery of goods including medical gases, soiled linen, sharps, drugs, mail and furniture.

To provide cover for the waste compound and the X-ray porter. To transfer beds, cots & incubators. The operation is 24 hours a day 365 days a year including weekends & bank holidays. The shifts for this post are 07.00am to 15.00, 15.00 to 23.00 and 23.00 to 07.00am. This is a permanent role. This role is 37.5 hours a week working 5 days over a 7 day period Monday to Sunday.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide a portering and messenger service, including the transfer of patients and visitors between wards and departments including A&E admissions to wards and transfers between A&E, X-ray and wards.
2. To collect and deliver a range of goods including drugs, bloods, furniture, feed bottles, case notes, specimens, x-rays and medical gas cylinders.
3. To collect and deliver mail within the hospital.
4. Assist in the loading and unloading of hospital deliveries incorporating the use of the automated guided vehicles.
5. To operate & maintain waste compound.
6. To transfer beds, cots, mattresses, furniture, drip stands, pump and other portable equipment and machinery.
7. To ensure safety of staff and visitors.
8. The operation of certain machinery such as the computer and associated software.
9. To assist in adhering to the correct procedure regarding the removal of deceased persons.
10. To maintain confidentiality.
11. To attend Trust statutory and mandatory training.
12. Responsible for the safe distribution of controlled drugs according to Trust policy. This includes ensuring that proformas are signed by Senior Nurses and returned to Pharmacy.
13. To respond to emergency bleeps including Cardiac arrest, Fire, Trauma and Helicopter.
14. All individuals will have some risk management responsibilities with which you are required to comply, for details of your responsibilities please refer to the current Risk management strategy which is available on the intranet and in the local strategies folder.

About us

Working as part of a multi-skilled team to provide a full portering service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Person Specification

Education and Training

• Educated to a good standard, or relevant experience.
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent relevant experience.

Experience

• Proven experience of prioritising work and meeting deadlines.
• Previous experience of working within a similar role.
• Working in a health care environment.

Knowledge

• Working unsupervised in a busy environment.
• Previous NHS experience.
• Knowledge of a linen operation.

Skills

• Ability to organize workload.
• Flexible in approach to working hours.
• Ability to learn to use new equipment within a reasonable timescale.
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Willing to learn new skills and embrace modernisation.

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.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

£23,615 a year. Enhancements paid for weekends, bank holidays and unsocial hours.