Porter

Job summary

Contract - Permanent

Hours - 37.5 hours per week

Base - York Hospital

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management LLP (YTHFM LLP) are looking for Porters to join our team within York Hospital.

The working pattern for this role will be a mixture of 06:00-14:00, 14:00-22:00 and 22:00-06:00, 5 over 7 days inclusive of bank holidays and weekends.

Previous Portering experience is an advantage however full training will be provided, a willingness to learn and develop your skills is essential.

Working for YTHFM brings a host of benefits:

• Enhanced Pay for unsocial hours worked - unsocial hours are any hours worked on weekends or between the hours of 8pm and 6am.
• Paid training
• Free uniform
• Fantastic discounts for staff, including local restaurants and shops
• Onsite staff shop and discounted restaurant on main sites

Main duties of the job

To deliver an efficient & effective Portering Service to our colleagues within York Hospital. The role includes but is not limited to:

Patient Transfers, Delivery of Linen, Collection of both Domestic & Clinical Wastes, Patient Transfers, Mortuary Transfers, Attend Entonox banks, Respond to fire alarms, Specimen Collections, Blood Delivery, Medical Gases, Transportation of wheelchairs and modular equipment / furniture from around hospital site, Deploy and assist emergency services and agencies where appropriate including during Major incidents,

The post holder will be guided by local and Trust policy and procedures. Work is managed rather than supervised. The post holder will have a level of autonomy to deliver the Portering service effectively.

Full training will be provided, to enable the post holder to become fully proficient. You will be flexible, a good team player, and be able to work various shifts to meet the needs of the service. Shifts will includeweekend hours that are paid at enhanced rates.

You must be able to use initiative, be self-motivated and have strong interpersonal, organisational and time management skills.

Previous experience/knowledge within a customer service role and awareness of health and safety are essential, as is the ability to undertake training relevant to the post.

About us

To find out more about working for our Trust, please visit:

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants

27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)

A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.

A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave

Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme

An extensive range of learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.