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Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Porter at Harrogate District Hospital. We at Harrogate Integrated Facilities (HIF) are inviting applications for a Healthcare Porter role. Duties include patient movement, collection and delivery of specimens and instruments to ward and clinical areas, waste collection, and responding to requests to support/provide assistance for onsite emergency incidents.
Main Duties of the Job
What would a working day look like? You're working early shifts this week and you've been tasked with moving medical equipment from the third floor of the Abbey Wing to the Day Surgery Unit on the ground floor. The equipment is very valuable and delicate, so you use your skills and expertise to move it. Then you're off to Fountains Ward to take a patient to the x-ray department. You wait until the x-ray is taken and then bring them back to their ward. The rest of your shift is spent moving patients around the hospital and delivering stocks of emergency drugs to the right wards. You are an essential part of the hospital team, working with many different patients and members of staff.
What Skills Do You Need for This Role?
The postholder must be able to move heavy items easily and push them considerable distances. They must have good people skills and be able to work a number of shifts to meet the service's needs.
About Us
Harrogate Integrated Facilities (HIF) provide a Healthcare Portering Service to manage the movement of healthcare waste, patients, and healthcare-associated items within the Harrogate District Hospital (HDH) and Ripon Community Hospital (RCH) sites, courier vehicle service to designated locations, reception desk duties (HDH) - shared with General Office, additional specified duties as set out in the Scope of Service and an evening Security Round (HDH).
Job Responsibilities
You will ensure that service users, materials, and equipment are safely and appropriately transferred around the hospital to the standard required while delivering an effective and efficient service that meets contractual obligations and KPIs in accordance with agreed Company and Trust policies and procedures. The Portering Service provides 24 hours per day, including night shifts.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Good Secondary Education
Desirable
* GCSE English & Maths Grade C (or equivalent)
Knowledge
Desirable
* Former NHS experience
Skills
Essential
* Compassionate and friendly personality.
* Confident and adaptable with a strong customer focus.
* Flexible and supportive.
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.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Harrogate Integrated Facilities
Address: Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SX
Employer's Website: https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/
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