Bank Porter - Epsom & St Helier

Overview

As a porter, you could be moving:

  • patients on trolleys or in wheelchairs
  • stores and equipment
  • samples of patients\' blood
  • linens
  • post and parcels
  • waste
  • cylinders of gas
  • trolleys of food and drink

Depending on where you work in a hospital, you may have other duties including:

  • cleaning and tidying outside areas and gritting in cold weather
  • cleaning indoors
  • replacing curtains round beds in wards

We need 1 porter for St Helier Hospital and 3 for Epsom Hospital.

Responsibilities

  • Support the delivery and movement of patients, stores, equipment, samples, linens, post, parcels, waste, gas cylinders, and trolleys of food and drink within hospital settings.
  • Carry out other duties as required by location, including cleaning outdoor areas, gritting in cold weather, and indoor cleaning.
  • Replace curtains around beds in wards where needed.

Who will I work with?

The StaffBank for Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust are seeking enthusiastic & experienced Porters to join our pool of Staff Bank workers. Applicants must be physically fit and available to work in a variety of shift patterns across Epsom & St Helier Hospital sites. Porters are essential to ensuring goods and items are delivered where needed and that patients are in the right place for treatment. If you are interested and available please apply today. Please note we are unable to sponsor visa applications and all applicants must provide two years worth of professional references during recruitment checks.

Qualifications & Attributes

  • Friendly and helpful
  • Calm and reassuring
  • Physically fit for lifting, walking, pushing, etc.
  • Reliable
  • Willing to work with staff and patients of all ages and from all walks of life
  • Health and safety aware
  • Able to follow instructions carefully
  • Good communication skills
  • Organisational skills

Pay & Benefits

For new entrants into the NHS, pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised. Benefits include weekly pay, free compliance checks, access to mandatory training, flexible working, first refusal over agency, NHS email access with discounts, NHS Pension, and other staff benefits.

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