Bank Porter

5 months ago


Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Full time

At the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Porters are essential members of staff.

Moving patients and equipment is just part of our job.

We liaise with other teams, helping with whatever way possible with the aim to provide the best possible service to the patient.

The satisfaction of supporting someone visiting the hospital and the friendly working environment makes this an appealing opportunity.

General Porters are required to assist with day-to-day duties that are necessary for the smooth running of the Department. These duties include but are not limited to:

- Transportation of patients to and from wards and departments.
- Delivery and collection of essential items within the hospital grounds, which will require interpersonal skills and the ability to carry out manual handling tasks.
- Working with a variety of people including staff at all levels, patients and visitors.

Applicants must have good customer service and communication skills coupled with a professional appearance which is appropriate to a front of house role.

Full training is provided and a health assessment will be required before becoming a team member.

BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

**Duties include**:
Assisting in the general collection and delivering of service.

The collection of food trolleys to and from the main kitchens and delivery to wards and or departments

The collection and transportation of domestic waste (non
- clinical) from wards and departments to the waste holding area and then compacting the waste.

The collection of dirty laundry from wards and or departments to the dirty linen bay and delivery of clean laundry back to wards.

To assist with the collection of equipment from the Stores area and delivery to the appropriate ward or department.

The collection and delivery of any other equipment, including medical gas cylinders,

The preparations of medical gas cylinders for use i.e., transferring gauges/flow meters

The collection and replacement of Sharp Smart containers to wards and or departments and maintaining the Sharps Smart area in a neat and tidy fashion.

The collection of clinical waste from wards and or departments to the waste station and disposal and recording of clinical waste within the Waste Station area.

Assisting in the removal of deceased patients to the Mortuary.

The transportation of patients to and from wards and or departments.

Assisting with the control of traffic and car parking within the Hospital grounds when required, i.e. Major incidents, Missing Patients and other emergency situations.

Assisting with on-the-job training to new members of staff.


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