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Job summary

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Porter
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
251-CORP8616-Porter-G
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Hampshire Hospital
Town
Winchester
Salary
£23,615 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/01/2025 23:59

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Porter

Band 2

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

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Job overview

Porters play a crucial part in keeping the hospital working by moving patients, goods and equipment between departments to where they are needed.Ìý

Hospital Porters are also involved in emergency response arrangements including the response to fire alarm activations and support to security where required.

As a Porter in Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you will play a part in the provision of excellent care to our patients.Ìý

We are looking for enthusiastic and committed team members who are willing to work hard to maintain our service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Main duties of the job

The safe movement of people and goods including (but not limited to):

  • Patients (including babies, children and adults)
  • The deceased
  • Mail
  • Medical Records
  • Pharmacy supplies
  • Blood units and Pathology Specimens
  • Sterile Supplies
  • Patient meals
  • Domestic Waste
  • Confidential Waste
  • Clinical and Cytotoxic Waste
  • Linen
  • Office furniture and equipment

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  • Check all modes of patient equipment are safe and in good working order
  • Attend all crash and trauma calls to support the crash team
  • Deputise for the Shift Leads in their absence as requested by the service. Lead
  • Undertake Non –routine Portering duties such as office furniture and equipment movement
  • Replenish medical gas supply, including where required the connection to the medical gases systems
  • Collection from clinical area and transfer to Mortuary of deceased patients to include the completion of appropriate documentation
  • Provide support to security staff where required

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Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.


Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.


We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.


The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

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Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Literacy and Numeracy ELS
Desirable criteria
  • Conflict resolution Training

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Customer care focused
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a hospial

Skills & Ability

Essential criteria
  • Physically fit
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to remain calm

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mark Walker
Job title
Service Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07824434362
Additional information

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