General Porter (Epsom) Non-AFC

Job overview

As a porter you will be responsible for moving patients, medical equipment, medical notes and many other things around our hospital.

Whilst this can be a physically demanding role it is also an incredibly rewarding one where staff have the chance to make a real difference to patient experience. With a wide range of tasks that you may be sent on each day will feel different with different accomplishments!

Please Note: This is a physical role and will require manual handling

• Salary £13.85 per hour. Please note this opportunity is NOT Agenda For Change and terms & conditions vary from Agenda for Change***

Main duties of the job

We are looking for caring and customer focused individuals to be the face of our busy and dynamic portering team.

If you are looking to give our patients the best possible care and work as an effective member of our hospital we will provide you training in all other areas. We work with our staff to ensure that they are the best that they can be!

We operate 24 hours a day and have a range of shifts and rotating shift patterns available.

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Numeracy and Literacy
• Customer care focused
• Physically Fit
• Flexibility

Desirable criteria

• Infection and Prevention Control
• NVQ or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• NHS Values

Desirable criteria

• Previous portering experience

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