Job summary
If you're looking for a career change and want to join our dynamic and dedicated Linen Team at The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust then this will be the role for you.
You will also be able to enjoy the many benefits offered to you as a valued member of staff including discounts with numerous retailers, a valuable pension scheme, an onsite nursery, car parking and much, much more.
This is a permanent full time position working 37.5 hours per week, 5 days over 7, from 10.00am to 18.00pm.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of the operational portering team delivering essential items between wards and departments. The post holder will ensure linen, and laundry is delivered to the relevant areas required. The post holder will be removing dirty linen and laundry from the relevant areas to be collected for laundering.
You will undertake a number of other basic portering tasks, including BOC, medical gasses, pharmacy and undertaking other basic portering duties like store.
The postholder will be responsive to the requirements of the service, sensitive to patients needs, courteous and caring to all service users. Work may be planned or require an immediate response.
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in
Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our
three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of
innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our
workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful
and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid
Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm
irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and
gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,
or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to
someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the
LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently
under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from
members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all
applicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable
guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If
you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our
patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertake the delivering linen and laundry to relevant areas and collecting dirty linen and laundry, within the Trusts outer buildings and segregation of the same for transfer to respective areas.
- Responsible for reporting incidents requiring pest control and supporting and assisting the cleaning and maintenance tasks involved with pest control.
- Undertakes the delivery/collection for pharmacy deliveries.
- Respond to calls from the Radio Systems within the Link Desk to ensure tasks requirements are met.
- Understand, apply, or provide support in emergency procedures including major alerts and fire procedures.
- Required to undertake requests as required including the movement and storage of furniture, officeequipment, within Trust Outer areas and ward equipment including Beds, heavy items as required within the hospital.
- Provide a messenger service between wards and departments.
- Ensure common areas are kept clean and tidy.
- Responsible for the distribution of non-stock items / goods to wards / departments, ensuring that a signature is obtained on delivery on an ad-hoc.
- Participate in the provision of an out of hours gritting in entrances when necessary within Trust outer buildings
- Understand of the operation of the department to assist in its smooth running and enable them to prioritise workload.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertake the delivering linen and laundry to relevant areas and collecting dirty linen and laundry, within the Trusts outer buildings and segregation of the same for transfer to respective areas.
- Responsible for reporting incidents requiring pest control and supporting and assisting the cleaning and maintenance tasks involved with pest control.
- Undertakes the delivery/collection for pharmacy deliveries.
- Respond to calls from the Radio Systems within the Link Desk to ensure tasks requirements are met.
- Understand, apply, or provide support in emergency procedures including major alerts and fire procedures.
- Required to undertake requests as required including the movement and storage of furniture, officeequipment, within Trust Outer areas and ward equipment including Beds, heavy items as required within the hospital.
- Provide a messenger service between wards and departments.
- Ensure common areas are kept clean and tidy.
- Responsible for the distribution of non-stock items / goods to wards / departments, ensuring that a signature is obtained on delivery on an ad-hoc.
- Participate in the provision of an out of hours gritting in entrances when necessary within Trust outer buildings
- Understand of the operation of the department to assist in its smooth running and enable them to prioritise workload.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work well as part of the team across site
- Ability to work flexibly, quickly and accurately
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a portering environment
- Previous NHS experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good communication skills and positive contributions to the service needs
- Recognising Diversity
- Work on own initiative
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of education in Maths and English
Knowledge and Awareness
Desirable
- Awareness of Health and Safety
- Awareness of Moving and Handling
- BOC trained
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to satisfy Occupational Health screening
- Adaptable and flexible according to the demands of the service
- Understanding of need to maintain confidentiality
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work well as part of the team across site
- Ability to work flexibly, quickly and accurately
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a portering environment
- Previous NHS experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good communication skills and positive contributions to the service needs
- Recognising Diversity
- Work on own initiative
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of education in Maths and English
Knowledge and Awareness
Desirable
- Awareness of Health and Safety
- Awareness of Moving and Handling
- BOC trained
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to satisfy Occupational Health screening
- Adaptable and flexible according to the demands of the service
- Understanding of need to maintain confidentiality
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
