University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 2 Porter / Driver

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Job summary

Facilities Patient Porter/ Porter Driver Bank StaffHospital 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

You will work with and alongside a wide variety of both internal hospital staff and management from many areas of the hospital and external contacts including patients, their families and contractors.

The role involves walking to various areas within and around the hospital building.

The role also includes frequent carrying of weights, which can be bulky such as gas cylinders, heavy machinery and unstable loads.

Regularly the role includes reaching, stretching and bending to enable tasks to be completed.

The Porter role also includes working outside which means having to deal with wet weather, snow and ice.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Details

Date posted

24 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 to £23,615 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9000816DH

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • * Basic level of education in literacy and numeracy (E)

Experience

Essential

  • * Able to work as a team member (E)
  • * Dealing with the public and ability to work under pressure (E)

Desirable

  • * Organisational skills, sorting post

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • * Able to demonstrate written and verbal skills in English in order to deal with staff at all levels within the organisation (E)
  • * Express a sympathetic and diplomatic nature, especially when dealing with sickness, bereavement and distress (E)
  • * Willingness to undertake specific competencies to meet the full requirements of the role (E)
  • * Basic I.T. Skills (E)
  • * Planning and organisation skills (E)
  • * Physically able to undertake all duties and comply with all relevant Trust policies (E)
  • * Flexible and reliable for the needs of the service (E)
  • * Willingness to suggest, assist and implement any changes to improve our standard of care (E)
  • * Must hold a UK driving licence up to a maximum of 6 points due to Commercial Vehicle Insurance (Applicable Porter Driver posts only) (E)
  • * Able to work with minimum supervision and to work within established guidelines (E)

Desirable

  • * Electronic communication device skills (D)
  • * Previous experience within a Healthcare environment (D)
  • * Health and Safety (D)
  • * Minimum 2 years driving experience (D)
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • * Basic level of education in literacy and numeracy (E)

Experience

Essential

  • * Able to work as a team member (E)
  • * Dealing with the public and ability to work under pressure (E)

Desirable

  • * Organisational skills, sorting post

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • * Able to demonstrate written and verbal skills in English in order to deal with staff at all levels within the organisation (E)
  • * Express a sympathetic and diplomatic nature, especially when dealing with sickness, bereavement and distress (E)
  • * Willingness to undertake specific competencies to meet the full requirements of the role (E)
  • * Basic I.T. Skills (E)
  • * Planning and organisation skills (E)
  • * Physically able to undertake all duties and comply with all relevant Trust policies (E)
  • * Flexible and reliable for the needs of the service (E)
  • * Willingness to suggest, assist and implement any changes to improve our standard of care (E)
  • * Must hold a UK driving licence up to a maximum of 6 points due to Commercial Vehicle Insurance (Applicable Porter Driver posts only) (E)
  • * Able to work with minimum supervision and to work within established guidelines (E)

Desirable

  • * Electronic communication device skills (D)
  • * Previous experience within a Healthcare environment (D)
  • * Health and Safety (D)
  • * Minimum 2 years driving experience (D)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Steve Johnstone

steven.johnstone@uhb.nhs.uk

01214240454

Details

Date posted

24 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 to £23,615 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9000816DH

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


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