This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 22.50 hours per week.
Gloucestershire Health and Care Services NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a friendly, conscientious and motivated individual to join our Facilities Team.
The purpose of the role is to provide portering services within our Community Hospital .
The service we provide operates shifts across 5 days of the week. T he successful candidate will be working throughout the hospital in non-patient and inpatient areas. We are looking for a person who can work as part of the team to maintain the high standards .
This patient facing role requires candidates to have good communication skills . The successful candidate will require the ability to follow instructions and procedures via written, verbal and IT methods of communication and preferably have previous experience in a similar role or environment.
A flexible approach towards the work will be required to meet the changing priorities of the workload, duties and department.
Patient movement to appointments ensuring their dignity and safety is maintained at all times .
Check, monitor gas pressures and contents and record, order medical gases according to correct Trust procedures, report any defects to Facilities Supervisor.
Undertake driving duties, stores deliveries and equipment removals
Receive” goods in” and make deliveries - coordinate all deliveries to ensure the best use of resources
R esponsib le for waste management on site, collection and storage of waste from locations.
Timely transportation of post, parcels and medical records to agreed points
Assist with the removal of curtains as part of the curtain change programme .
Regularly transport bagged dirty linen from all areas to the appropriate collection area
Complete property inspections, checking for damage, rectify basic faults e.g. replace ceiling tiles, unblocking toilets. r eport results using the E states F ault R eporting portal,
Conduct basic PPM, tasks such as emergency lighting, fire alarm testing, fire door checks and PAT testing for patient property
Clean equipment, for example wheelchairs, trolleys – this is not an exhaustive list
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Patient movement to appointments ensuring their dignity and safety is maintained at all times .
Check, monitor gas pressures and contents and record, order medical gases according to correct Trust procedures, report any defects to Facilities Supervisor.
Undertake driving duties, stores deliveries and equipment removals
Receive” goods in” and make deliveries - coordinate all deliveries to ensure the best use of resources
R esponsib le for waste management on site, collection and storage of waste from locations.
Timely transportation of post, parcels and medical records to agreed points
Assist with the removal of curtains as part of the curtain change programme .
Regularly transport bagged dirty linen from all areas to the appropriate collection area
Complete property inspections, checking for damage, rectify basic faults e.g. replace ceiling tiles, unblocking toilets. r eport results using the E states F ault R eporting portal,
Conduct basic PPM, tasks such as emergency lighting, fire alarm testing, fire door checks and PAT testing for patient property
Clean equipment, for example wheelchairs, trolleys – this is not an exhaustive list
This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Government’s UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
