Bank Driver Porter West London NHS Trust

Are you seeking a real flexible challenge which is fulfilling? Have you considered a worthwhile career in a large NHS Trust? If the answer is yes, please read on.

Come and join an amazing team as a Bank Driver-Porter for West London NHS Trust. You will work in a team of professionals that are highly motivated and carry out a wide and diverse range of duties to support efficient service delivery to our service users, visitors, and the Trust. This includes driving service users to and from appointments, delivery and collection of goods from various Trust sites, and portering tasks within the sites, including medicines deliveries, site maintenance, internal moves of furniture, and delivery of goods on-site.

If successful, you will undertake a robust mandatory training program and have a good understanding of manual handling and health and safety. Trust and secondary departmental inductions will be provided.

Transport Duties include:

1. Complete a daily walk round and defect checks and complete the vehicle log sheets appropriately, ensuring all vehicles have fuel, water, oil, screen wash, etc.
2. Ensure that any defects are reported to the Facilities Supervisor. Decommission any defective vehicles from service and liaise with the Facilities Supervisor to assess repairs needed. Any repairs and associated paperwork must be taken to the Facilities Coordinator.

Portering Duties:

1. The lifting, handling, and transportation of goods including food, beds, bedding, newspapers, furniture, and waste.
2. Provide a postal distribution service for staff and patients, assisting in the post room to sort and process mail where appropriate.
3. Maintenance of portering vehicles and equipment, ensuring weekly audit documentation is completed and any damage/defects are reported to the line manager.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from the South of England, and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission, with forensic services rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

A full comprehensive Job Description is attached to this vacancy, so please refer to this when looking at the role and duties.

Job Summary:

To undertake a range of portering and driving duties and other associated tasks connected with the delivery of an efficient portering and transport service and business of the West London NHS Trust.

Closing Date: 30th September 2024

If you have any questions about the role, please contact:

Debbie Nicholson
Assistant Facilities Manager
Telephone number: 02083548205

This advert closes on Thursday, 12 Dec 2024.

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