Band 2 Porter Driver
The closing date is 29 May 2025
Job summary
Hospital 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.
Able to demonstrate written and verbal skills in English in order to deal with staff at all levels within the organisation
Express a sympathetic and diplomatic nature, especially when dealing with sickness, bereavement and distress
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
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details
Date posted
22 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£24,169 to £24,169 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
304-9000816
Job locations
Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green E
Birmingham
West Midlands
B9 5SS
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green E
Birmingham
West Midlands
B9 5SS
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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