Bank Porter

Job overview

The post holder will work as part of a team to provide a clean and safe environment for our service users. The individual is responsible for undertaking general portering and caretaker duties. The post holder is expected to operate in line with Gloucestershire Health and Care (GHC) NHS Foundation Trust values and demonstrate a high level or professionalism and customer service when carrying out this role. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly and at other sites within the GHC localities.

Main duties of the job

• Patient movement to appointments ensuring their dignity and safety is maintained at all times.
• Check, monitor gas pressures and contents and record, order medical gases according to correct Trust procedures, report any defects to Facilities Supervisor.
• Undertake driving duties, stores deliveries and equipment removals
• Receive” goods in” and make deliveries - coordinate all deliveries to ensure the best use of resources
• Responsible for waste management on site, collection and storage of waste from locations.
• Timely transportation of post, parcels and medical records to agreed points
• Assist with the removal of curtains as part of the curtain change programme.
• Regularly transport bagged dirty linen from all areas to the appropriate collection area
• Complete property inspections, checking for damage, rectify basic faults e.g. replace ceiling tiles, unblocking toilets. report results using the Estates Fault Reporting portal,
• Conduct basic PPM, tasks such as emergency lighting, fire alarm testing, fire door checks and PAT testing for patient property
• Clean equipment, for example wheelchairs, trolleys – this is not an exhaustive lis

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Plans and organises own daily work plan against organisational/maintenance priorities, emergency, urgent and routine responses following standard operating procedures
• Support new starters inductions by demonstrating/explain the role
• Records information relating to job completion via a computer, expenses and any documentation required to ensure statuary compliance
• Undertake relevant statutory and mandatory training,
• To have shared accountability for achieving net zero carbon

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.