Porter - Bromyard

Job description

Job summary

The post holder will support patient services in the North locality by working as part of a wider multidisciplinary team providing high standards of patient care.

To undertake routine portering and domestic duties within the Community Hospital site in line with the National Cleaning Standards, Divisional Operating Procedures and Trust Policies.

To drive Trust vehicles enabling the transportation of medical records, pharmaceuticals, laboratory tests and other essential items on behalf of the Community Hospital and North locality.

Main duties of the job

To be able to undertake general portering duties including (but not limited to):

• • Escorting patients and visitors
  • Transferring of patients by wheelchair, bed or stretcher following moving and handling guidance
  • Assisting patients and relatives from their cars as required
  • Collection and delivery of post and supplies
  • Collection and delivery of laundry
  • Moving furniture and equipment
  • Setting out and clearing rooms for planned meetings
  • Support the removal and replacement of curtains

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Able to demonstrate basic Health and Safety and COSHH training
• Full UK driving licence D1 minimum
• Holds formal qualifications in English Language and Mathematics

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate numeracy and literacy skills

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate an understanding for the need of confidentiality
• Has basic IT and computer skills
• Holds good listening and problem solving skills

Experience

Desirable

• Has experience of working within a healthcare environment
• Has previous portering experience

Person Specification
Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Able to demonstrate basic Health and Safety and COSHH training
• Full UK driving licence D1 minimum
• Holds formal qualifications in English Language and Mathematics

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate numeracy and literacy skills

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate an understanding for the need of confidentiality
• Has basic IT and computer skills
• Holds good listening and problem solving skills

Experience

Desirable

• Has experience of working within a healthcare environment
• Has previous portering experience

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

Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address

Bromyard Community Hospital

Tower road

Bromyard

HR7 4QN

United Kingdom

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