Porter Supervisor

The Portering team are seeking a self motivated competent supervisor, to provide line management to our Portering team.
- Supervising a team of staff on shift. Allocating, delegating and monitoring tasks in accordance with the specifications. Ensure that all day-to-day tasks are completed at the end of the shift but where necessary hand over to the next shift co-ordinator.
- To prioritise and allocate various tasks to the appropriate staff via the use of computer/radio system as appropriate, ensuring correct procedures are followed.
- To ensure that standards and response times are met and if necessary updating tasks with reasons for delay.

Organise roster to cover absence and annual leave

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level
- Responsible for notifying On-Call Facilities Manager of a major incident situation and in their absence allocating duty cards and acting as Bronze Control until the Manager arrives on site.
- To act as a centre of advice on issues out of hours.
- Ensuring the collection and delivery of medical records during day time clinics and assisting in request out of hours.
- Organising the collection and delivery of emergency medical equipment out of hours, ensuring EBME records are recorded.
- Ensure all goods in and materials management stock are delivered to wards and departments and placed securely away.
- All staff remove waste in accordance with schedules.
- Linen supplies are delivered to ward/departments cupboards and any excess is returned to the linen room.
- To provide support and basic counselling to staff as required. Counselling staff on return from absence in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
- To carry out return to work interviews with staff after a period of absence.
- Completion of DATIX incident forms and accurate record keeping.
- Reporting to the estates help-line any defective machinery.
- Ensure that staff are trained in the use of both machinery and equipment before use.