Band 2 Hospital Porter

Job summary

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.

Four vacancies in total 37.5 hours.

x3 Shift position 7am to 7pm four on four off days to nights rotational (must hold valid driving licence).

x1 Monday to Friday 37.5 hours 11am-7pm

Main duties, tasks & skills required

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.

3. Assist patients into wheelchairs and onto beds.

4. Move patients by wheelchair or bed or stretcher around the hospital site from various wards and departments using the internal ambulance.

5. Assist patients requiring support on discharge from nursing unit or treatment area to the hospital exit points.

6. Ensure patient safety during transport by keeping regularly used equipment such as wheelchairs and trolleys clean.

7. Deliver all drugs, including controlled drugs as well as IV fluids to wards and departments

8. Deliver, collect and change all medical gases to wards and departments as well as changing gas manifolds (Full training will be provided).

9. Collect all blood specimens and routine specimens from all wards and departments

10. Respond to tasks allocated by the Supervisor or Helpdesk Controller either verbally or via communication device and / or telephone pager.

11. Transfer deceased patients from wards and departments to the mortuary and complete associated portering mortuary duties.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

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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 (D)

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)
• Minimum 2 years driving experience (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.