Porter

The Portering Department at Ashford and St Peters Hospitals provides a service 24 hours over 7 days. We currently have vacancies within the department for enthusiastic, flexible, fit and energetic people to work in Portering, as we support the expansion of theatres at our Trust. Individuals must be able to work evenings and weekends, and unsocial hours on a rotating shift basis. You will work as part of a team delivering general Portering services; responsibilities include patient and equipment transfer, linen and waste collection, post and security support whilst demonstrating the highest standards of customer care, to a busy acute hospital., The main duties of the job include:

• The transfer/movement of patients in all areas within the Trust specifically within Theatres
• Clinical and non-clinical waste collection
• Movement of specimens, samples and pathology items
• General furniture and equipment movement within the Trust
• Movement of deceased patients
• Medical gas service
• Delivery and collection of clean and dirty linen
• Clean wheelchairs, trolleys, and equipment under the control of the Portering department
• To drive Trust vehicles if required
• Ad-hoc tasks as may be required from time to time
  
  If you are a team player flexible, reliable and have great people skills then we want to hear from you.
  
  Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey. We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.