• Job Description

  Req#: C0020-24-0824?language=en&page=1114&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  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.

  Able to demonstrate written and verbal skills in English in order to deal with staff at all levels within the organisation

  Express a sympathetic and diplomatic nature, especially when dealing with sickness, bereavement and distress

  Electronic communication device skills

  Main duties of the job

  MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1.Work in a safe, courteous, and confidential manner whilst following Trust Policy and associated Standard Operating Procedures relating to the task being conducted.

  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.

  6.Ensure patient safety during transport by keeping regularly used equipment such as wheelchairs and trolleys clean; reporting improperly working equipment to supervisor for repair and storing in readily accessible area.

  PLEASE READ THE FULL JD and PS for list of responsibilities.

  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.

  Date posted

  02 April 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £22,383 to £22,383 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  304-53378PM

  Job locations

  Heartlands Hospital

  Bordesley Green E

  Birmingham

  West Midlands

  B9 5SS

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

  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

  • *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

  • *Minimum 2 years driving experience (D)

  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

  • *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

  • *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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Heartlands Hospital

  Bordesley Green E

  Birmingham

  West Midlands

  B9 5SS

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Heartlands Hospital

  Bordesley Green E

  Birmingham

  West Midlands

  B9 5SS

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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