Theatre Porter

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to join our team of Theatre Porters at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital. You will work as part of a small team supporting the running of the operating theatres.

Duties include transporting equipment and instruments between departments, moving and transferring patients, waste management, stores and the transportation of specimens etc.

You will need to be flexible and reliable in your approach to work and compassionate during patient contact. You will also need to fit enough to deal with this physically demanding role.

The post involves 7 days working, covering the hours of 08.00-20.30. Experience in healthcare is desirable but not essential as full training will be given to the right candidate.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received

"Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made."

Main duties of the job

Outside Duties

To assist in the direction of patients and visitors.The conveyance and movement of patients.The collection and delivery of pharmacy and sign for drugs, linen, refuse, clinical waste, trolleys, stores, beds, equipment and records to designated areas.Reception and movement of medical gas cylinders within Health And Safety guidelines.To assist in the training of all new support workers and Portering staff.Changing medical gas cylinders and manifolds.Maintenance of equipment.Deliver to the mortuary.Transport clinical waste, rubbish etc.

Inside Duties

Putting SASD trays away.Assisting with the movement of patients inside theatres and recovery.Assist in moving equipment.Putting away stores in appropriate areas.Place sealed clinical waste bags into the clinical waste dispenser using appropriate protective gloves and aprons where appropriate.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE VACANCIES PRIOR TO THE ADVERTISED CLOSING DATE WHEN WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way,

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way,

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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