Main area: Portering Services
Grade: Non-AFC
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week, Part time and full time contracts available)
Job ref: 343-NN-6860988-FM-HM
Employer: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Epsom Hospital
Town: Epsom
Salary: £13.15 per hour (not Agenda for change)
Salary period: Hourly
Closing: 27/03/2025 23:59
Non-AFC
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. We welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
As a porter, you will be responsible for moving patients, medical equipment, medical notes, and other items around our hospital.
This physically demanding role is incredibly rewarding, allowing staff to make a real difference to patient experience. Each day will bring different tasks and accomplishments!
Main duties of the job
We are looking for caring and customer-focused individuals to be the face of our busy and dynamic portering team.
If you aim to provide our patients with the best possible care and work effectively as part of our hospital team, we will provide training in all areas. We work with our staff to ensure that they are the best they can be!
We operate 24 hours a day and have a range of shifts and rotating shift patterns available.
Interviews will be held in Epsom - dates TBC
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. We also provide more specialist services, particularly renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas and differing levels of quality of life. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document for more information about the role and requirements. Ensure your application refers to these documents.
Please note: This is a physical role and will require manual handling.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Numeracy and Literacy
* Customer care focused
* Physically Fit
* BICSc Qualification / NVQ or equivalent
* Infection and Prevention Control
Experience
* Flexibility
* NHS Values
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide a 3-year employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail or Gmail. Please provide professional working email addresses in your application form. If you cannot provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please inform the interviewers; otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk of abuse. If this post involves access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. All employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties.
Disability Advice Line
SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments, contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.
Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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