Porter | Wrexham | Private Hospital | Mornings, evenings, weekends | Flexible working hours | £12.76 per hour + excellent benefits
Spire Yale Hospital, Wrexham has an exciting opportunity for a Porter to join our dynamic and experienced Portering team, working on an as and when basis to help cover sickness and annual leave in our porter team.
Spire Yale Hospital is one of North Wales’ leading private hospitals and we take pride in delivering high-quality care. We offer fast access to consultations with specialists in a wide range of treatments, supported by advanced imaging and diagnostic technology.
Working Hours: Various shifts are available from Monday to Friday between 7 am 9 pm, with the potential for additional shifts on Saturdays as needed. Flexibility is required.
Contract type : Bank/Zero hours
As Porter, you will be responsible 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 and to work as multi-skilled member of the team providing high level, quality support to
the hospital, covering any of the courier, portering, and security duties.
Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to):
- To transfer, transport and guide patients safely around the hospital, as required, in a caring, sympathetic and professional manner
- To assist in the safety of patients, staff and consultants
- To collect and deliver clean and dirty linen
- Responsible for the teams safe management of the collection and disposal of waste, both domestic
and clinical in line with corporate and hospital policy WM01
- To ensure teams compliance with all Health & Safety at Work Regulations
- To ensure Medical Gases are checked & ordered ‘in time’ for a safe continuation of service
- To ensure the service corridor is kept clear and tidy at all times
- To assist with the general security of the hospital and associated grounds and report any security
problems to the Senior Management team
- Report any maintenance issues to the Maintenance department via Pirana
Who are we looking for?
- 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
- A clean driving licence is essential
- Experience of delivering frontline customer service and working in a similar environment
- Good communication and organisational skills
- Excellent customer care skills
- Ability to work without supervision
- Full and current UK driving licence
- Ability to work evenings, nights and weekends
Benefits:
We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
- Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
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.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 38 hospitals and over 50 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.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
