Hospital Porter

Ready to impact a better future? As a Hospital Porter in our Healthcare team, you'll support colleagues and patients by helping to keep the hospital running smoothly through safe, dignified and efficient patient and equipment movement. Your work will have a direct positive impact on patient experience and help create a safer, calmer environment for everyone on site. Every day, you'll contribute to a vital service that supports the running of Great Western Hospital. You'll help ensure patients, equipment and essential items reach the right place at the right time, supporting clinical teams and helping the hospital deliver safe, high-quality care to its community.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients safely and respectfully between wards, departments and clinical areas using wheelchairs, trolleys, beds or walking support when required.
• Move equipment and furniture across the site to support hospital operations, ensuring correct storage, cleanliness and safe use.
• Carry out non-patient portering tasks including transporting medical specimens, pharmaceutical products, blood products, medical gases and confidential medical records.
• Support waste management by safely moving and disposing of clinical, general, confidential, sharps and bulky waste in line with infection control procedures.
• Handle mail, goods and materials, ensuring secure and efficient distribution across the hospital.
• Follow all health, safety and infection-control procedures, reporting any faults, incidents or hazards promptly and accurately.

What makes you a good fit

• Empathy, a helpful and cooperative manner and the ability to support patients with dignity and care.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
• Experience working in a manual-handling or customer-facing role.
• The physical ability to meet the demands of a busy hospital environment, including pushing, pulling and long periods of standing.

Vetting and checks

An Enhanced DBS check is required for this role. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and any relevant information held by local police, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and safeguarding requirements. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to allow us to provide any support needed for you to succeed in the role.

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

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We are one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you'll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we're proud to offer clear development opportunities - and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• Salary: Competitive salaries with annual reviews
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Holidays: 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Training and development: We offer a wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, BUPA Anytime Healthline, wellbeing app, simply health cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres
• Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community
• Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.