General Porter - Bristol, United Kingdom - North Bristol NHS Trust

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To work as part of the operational team responsible for providing a comprehensive patient support service in the hospital environment.

This will involve carrying out the following Facilities Management functions:


  • The primary function is the movement of patients, consumable products, waste, furniture, medical equipment, gasses, beds, mattresses etc.
  • The cleaning of all Portering equipment, delivery of blood products and responding to Major incidents.
  • To deliver emergency blood products.
A Full, Clean, UK Manual Driving license is essential for this post.


To provide a high quality responsive, efficient and effective patent support service to wards, and departments in North Bristol NHS Trust acting in a caring and professional manner and working in line with the Facilities and departmental operating procedures.

Would you like to hear or see us in action? Please click on this link to see a behind the scenes video of our Portering team:
Our Portering Team

The Portering team are responsible for providing a comprehensive patient support service within the hospital environment.

This will involve carrying out the following Facilities Management functions:


  • The primary function is the movement of patients, consumable products, waste, furniture, medical equipment, gasses, beds, mattresses etc.
  • The cleaning of all Portering equipment, delivery of blood products and responding to Major incident.
  • To deliver emergency blood products

We specialise in services for:


  • Emergency Department (ED)
  • Excluding Imaging
  • Acute Medical Unit (AMU)
  • Retained Estate
  • Discharge Lounge
  • Internal Ambulance Requests
  • General Wards & Departments in Brunel
  • Excluding Theatres or Imaging inpatients.
  • Movement of patients internally between wards and departments.
  • Movement of patients externally between wards and departments, via ambulance (nonemergency).
  • Movement and delivery of various blood products across the site and within the main building.
  • Movement and delivery of various consumable items across the site and within the main building.
  • Movement of waste around the site and within the main building.
For a Full Description of roles and responsibilities, please see attached Job Description

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