Porter

**Porter | Spire Washington | Full-time Permanent | 37.5 hours per week | Competitive Salary**

Spire Washington Hospital is currently looking to recruit for a Porter on a Full time permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic team and have a great impact.

At Spire Washington Hospital, we’re a leading provider of private hospital treatments for our patients across the North East. With a full multidisciplinary medical team, we’re specialists in a wide range of treatments. You can get fast access to expert healthcare, from consultations and diagnosis to treatment and aftercare.

**Job Purpose**

To provide the highest standards of personal service to patients and staff in all departments and to provide a highly efficient and courteous portering and distribution service throughout the hospital.

**Overall Responsibilities**
- To transfer, transport and guide patients safely around the hospital, as required, in a caring, sympathetic and professional manner
- To collect and deliver clean and dirty linen
- To collect and dispose of refuse, both domestic and clinical where full infection control training will be provided.
- Assist in mail sorting, franking mail as required.
- To assist with the general security of the hospital and associated grounds
- To deliver flowers and newspapers
- To arrange furniture and equipment
- To provide general assistance in all stores and distributive activities
- To assist in the receipt, checking, storage and distribution of goods throughout the hospital.
- To undertake driving duties as required.
- To undertake reception/switchboard duties as required
- To ensure the maintenance of good working relationships, communications and team work in the hospital and within the department.
- To ensure that all duties are undertaken safely.
- Carry out any other duty that reasonably falls within the general nature and level of responsibility of the post.

**Qualifications and Training And Experience**

Whilst no formal qualifications are required you must be able to communicate with other members of staff and patients clearly and your personal appearance must be of a high standard, expected in a professional healthcare environment.

Experience of delivering front line customer service and working in a similar environment

**Benefits**

We offer employed colleagues 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
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Free DBS
- Free car park
- Free Uniform

**Our Values**

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

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.

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