Job summary

BANK PORTERS REQUIRED TO COVER SICKNESS AND ANNUAL LEAVE

We have a number of Bank Porter vacancies to cover Monday to Sunday on all shifts, 0600 - 1400, 0900 - 1700, 1400 - 2200 & 2200 - 0600.

If you feel that you would like the opportunity to join the bank at Heartlands Hospital Portering team and have the experience or desire to to learn the role in a fast paced environment within the NHS.

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.

Main duties of the job

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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 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.

8.Deliver all drugs, including controlled drugs as well as IV fluids to wards and departments in accordance with policy and procedures set by clinical governance.

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

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.