Bank Porter/driver

2 weeks ago

Chester, United Kingdom Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Flexible working - Bank
We are looking to recruit a Bank Driver/ Porter to join our hardworking team.
The post-holder will work closely with the Transport Manager and you will already have experience of dealing with the public together with excellent communication skills.
Applicants must be able to lift, carry, handle and transport goods within the hospital, be trustworthy and reliable and ensure complete confidentiality of information held or regarding patients and hospital personnel.
The role requires a significant amount of walking and driving and the primary role will be the collection and transfer of specimens to and from the hospital.
Applicants will have relevant Driving experience and a full driving license with a maximum of 6 points.
Applicants must be able to lift, carry, handle and transport goods within the hospital, be trustworthy and reliable and ensure complete confidentiality of information held or regarding patients and hospital personnel.
The role requires a significant amount of walking and driving and the primary role will be the collection and transfer of specimens to and from the hospital.
You would be responsible the daily upkeep of a vehicle, recording the same and escalating where appropriate.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
**The Countess of Chester Hospital**: providing 438 general and acute beds
**Ellesmere Port Hospital**: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
**Tarporley War Memorial Hospital**: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

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