Porter

Job overview

• Provide a high quality, efficient portering service as a member of a dedicated team to support services within the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust at the Clatterbridge site.
• Work in a manner that demonstrates the Trusts core values and behaviours to support a positive patient experience
• Understanding of how the role contributes to infection prevention and control within the healthcare environment
• Communicate with patients, staff and colleagues in a professional and polite manner.

Main duties of the job

• Perform portering duties in allocated areas of the hospital site, including Pharmacy, Pathology, Endoscopy, Radiology, Post Room, Waste Team, Goods Distribution Centre, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
• Transport patients within the allocated hospital site in line with Trust policies and departmental procedures
• Adopt a caring, polite and professional manner when transporting patients
• Use of radios for communication with other members of the Portering team
• Use of telephones and radios for allocation of daily duties
• Safe collection and delivery of gas cylinders, beds, blood products, specimens, pharmacy products, medical equipment, furniture and other equipment around the allocated hospital site(s)
• Ensure wheelchairs are cleaned after patient use
• Use of departmental portering computer system
• Change and replenish medical gas cylinders
• Return empty gas cylinders to designated storage area for stock replacement
• Transfer of deceased patients from wards and departments to the mortuary in a respectful manner
• Assist outside agencies with the transfer of deceased patients
• Use of autoclaving machine to sterilise used specimen receptacles within Pathology Department and removal of waste products to correct waste disposal stream.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information on this Porter role available at WUTH.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.