Theatre Porter

**Theatre Porter | Theatres | Spire Shawfair Park - Edinburgh | Competitive Salary**

Spire Shawfair Park Hospital is looking to recruit a Theatre Porter to join their fantastic Theatre team.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Correctly undertake tasks that have been delegated in relation to specific patients as agreed with the care team
- Prepare patient, equipment and materials appropriately
- Obtain consent from patients before starting the tasks e.g. moving and handling, ensuring patient comfort and safety at all times
- Moving patient from bed to trolley; trolley to operating table; operating table to trolley; trolley to bed
- Identify and report to an appropriate person any significant changes that might affect the patient’s health and well-being during escort duties and moving/handling
- Respect patients’ privacy, dignity, wishes and beliefs and minimise any necessary discomfort
- Record information related to designated tasks and activities accurately and passes it on to the relevant person in the team on time
- Liaise with the theatre team regarding the organisation of theatre lists
- Provide patient support within the anaesthetic room
- Ensure moving and handling equipment is clean and in safe working order
- Ensure table attachments are clean and in working order
- Transport safely and timely specimens from theatre to the designated area, recording legibly and accurately necessary details
- Transport equipment as delegated by the theatre team

**Who we're looking for**:

- General Portering abilities
- Infection control knowledge
- Health and safety knowledge
- Customer facing experience

**Benefits**:
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package, which includes but is not limited to:

- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
- ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
- Free wellness screening
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
- We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

About Us: At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to _'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care' _. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.