- Patients (including babies, children and adults)
- The deceased
- Medical Records
- Pharmacy supplies
- Blood units and Pathology Specimens
- Sterile Supplies
- Patient meals
- Domestic Waste
- Confidential Waste
- Clinical and Cytotoxic Waste
- Linen
- Office furniture and equipment
- Check all modes of patient equipment are safe and in good working order
- Attend all crash and trauma calls to support the crash team
- Deputise for the Shift Leads in their absence as requested by the service. Lead
- Undertake Non -routine Portering duties such as office furniture and equipment movement
- Replenish medical gas supply, including where required the connection to the medical gases systems
- Collection from clinical area and transfer to Mortuary of deceased patients to include the completion of appropriate documentation
- Provide support to security staff where required
- Literacy and Numeracy ELS
- Conflict resolution Training
- Customer care focused
- Experience of working in a hospial
- Physically fit
- Ability to remain calm
Porter - Basingstoke, United Kingdom - Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
Porters play a crucial part in keeping the hospital working by moving patients, goods and equipment between departments to where they are needed.Hospital Porters are also involved in emergency response arrangements including the response to fire alarm activations and support to security where a Porter in Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you will play a part in the provision of excellent care to our are looking for enthusiastic and committed team members who are willing to work hard to maintain our service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Main duties of the job
The safe movement of people and goods including (but not limited to):
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person SpecificationEssential
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Desirable
Experience & Knowledge
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Skills & Ability
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