Porter

Job summary

We now have vacancies for porters to join our friendly and professional facilities team. Our porters play a vital role in the smooth running of the hospital by transporting notes, specimens, equipment, x-rays, beds and patients throughout the hospital seven days a week 24hrs a day. There will also be some bank positions available.

We are able to offer the following:

• Day Porters (Mon- Fri)
• Part time days weekdays
• Variety of temporary shifts on our in house bank

We can supply full training but you must:

• Have a friendly personality and be able to communicate well
• Be physically fit
• Be flexible and willing to learn
• Good written and spoken English

You will undertake a range of general portering duties on the site.

Main duties of the job

• To complete all appropriate departmental records and paperwork as required. Typically this will involve work sheets, rotas, mortuary process, vehicle log, incident reports.
• To work safely at all times in line with H&S legislation. Reporting any issues to Chargehand.
• To communicate effectively via a variety of means with all levels of staff, patients and visitors. This may involve giving directions, explanations and making arrangements for movement of goods and services. Face to face contact should be managed professionally.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.