To provide and maintain a flexible, dedicated, comprehensive frontline support service to the staff and patients and provide a support service to other departments of the Trust. This involves undertaking a wide range of duties including moving and handling that enable the clinical and non-clinical departments to function effectively. The role will involve taking control of the Portering Service as a senior member at weekends and nights when the Managers are not on duty. To manage the staff in the absence of the Portering Manager. The post holder will work as part of a team to provide an efficient Portering service to the Trust. To provide and to contribute to, a first class customer care service to all users of the Trust. To transfer patients, medical equipment and associated medical sundries as delegated by line management by use of bed, chair, trolley etc. Ensure that the expectations of service users are met through the compliance with the Portering Service Standards. Ensure compliance with written procedures for all aspects of Portering Services, these forming the basis of Portering Service Standards and induction training.

An opportunity exists for a hard working, enthusiastic and motivated person to join the portering supervisory team. Applicants should have previous experience of supervising staff, and possess the necessary skills to be an effective supervisor. These include building an effective team, good communication skills, and ability to prioritize work, developing and motivating staff, and a basic knowledge of IT. This is a busy acute hospital and the supervisor will be required to manage a team of porters in the delivery of cost effective and customer focused service Full training opportunities are provided Flexibility is required in this busy department. Previous experience of working in a supervisory role is desirable, although full training will be given.

One LSC stands for 'One Lancashire and South Cumbria' because there is one team serving Lancashire and South Cumbria in a joined-up way. It is run by the five Trusts as a collaborative partnership. The Trusts that make up One LSC are:

• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
• Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
The core principles of One LSC are: by bringing services more closely together we can deliver the best service possible, eliminate duplication, ensure value for money, work across different organisations to benefit from being able to share common systems and processes.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week worked in shifts over 7 days (nights/days/weekends)