Porter

**Job Title**:Porter

**Trust**: Tameside and Glossop Integrated NHS Foundation Trust

**Location**:Tameside General Hospital

**Pay rate**: Band 2 - £11.45 per hour plus enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays

**Shift Pattern**:Monday - Sunday 37.5 hours per week

Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, We have an ongoing placement opportunity available for a Domestic & Porter roles at Tameside General Hospital.

**About the trust**

At Tameside Hospital serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside and Glossop.

As a busy Foundation Trust Hospital, we provide a range of high-quality elective, emergency and specialist services for adults and children. Our mission is to work with colleagues, patients, carers and the wider public to ensure that at our Hospital, Everybody Matters. Care, Safety, Dignity, Communication and Learning are values and behaviours which underpin our actions and guide us through our improvement journey.

**What you’ll be responsible for**:

- Transfer of patients either walking, in wheelchairs, on a bed/trolley or by ambulance from wards and departments within the required time. Assist with of the moving and handling of patients when requested.
- Moving deceased patients from wards/ departments to the mortuary in a discreet and sensitive manner, observing any religious or cultural requirements.
- Collection and delivery of meal trolleys from kitchens and Wards, delivery of pharmacy boxes to wards and delivery of specimens from wards and departments to the path lab.
- Collection and removal of all waste throughout the hospital. Also delivering medical gas cylinders, clean linen, furniture, mail & parcels.
- Ensure that whilst driving Trust vehicles, you do so safely with the welfare of staff, patients and other road users a priority. (Driving License required)
- Ensure that Trust vehicles remain clean and roadworthy, reporting any defects to the Transport Administrator.
- The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above._

**You’ll have the following skills/experience**:

- Happy to be in a fast-paced physical role
- Eye for detail
- Physically fit due to handle handling
- Full clean UK driving license
- A good understanding of spoken and written English.
- Trained in Manual Handling
- Experience in a similar role (though full training given)

**As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits**:

- **Competitive pay rates-** work this week, get paid next week
- **Essential support when you need it
- 24/7 365 days**:

- call us anytime
- **Multi locational**:

- work across neighbouring Trusts
- **Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go**:

- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- **Varied working options to suit your lifestyle**:

- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
- **Training and development opportunities**:

- Keep up with the essentials and more
- **Build holiday allowance for every shift you work**:

- your work life balance is important to us
- **Stakeholder pension scheme available**:

- a flexible future for you and yours

**Who are NHS Professionals?**

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract

**Salary**: £11.45 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 65784