Porter
Contract: Healthcare
Location: Derby, DE22 3NE
Hours of work: 37.5
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00, with flexibility to start as early as 06:00 when required
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £12.71
Receipts & Distribution at Royal Derby Hospital is looking to recruit a Stores Porter to support the day-to-day operations of the department.
This is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. The standard shift pattern is 09:00-17:00; however, there may be a requirement to start as early as 06:00 to provide holiday and sickness cover.
About Us
We are a small, hardworking team responsible for the receipt and distribution of stock from NHS Supply Chain and courier deliveries across Royal Derby Hospital. Each day, we receive between 200 and 400 courier parcels, as well as 60+ cages of stock from NHS Supply Chain, alongside palletised deliveries.
Our Stores Porters cover a significant distance across the hospital every day, making this role ideal for someone who enjoys being active, working independently, and keeping busy.
The role also involves operating the department's electric tug to transport cages of goods around the site, so a full, clean UK driving licence is essential.
The Role
- Sort and transport NHS Supply Chain cages from Stores to the basement using the electric tug.
- Deliver NHS Supply Chain cages from the basement to receiving areas across the hospital.
- Receive courier deliveries, process them, and create tracking labels using the Delivery POD system.
- Sort processed parcels into delivery cages for geographical areas of the hospital.
- Deliver parcels to receiving areas and record deliveries using a PDA to provide proof of delivery.
- Collect empty cages from hospital departments and corridors for return to NHS Supply Chain.
- Transport palletised deliveries using manual and electric pallet trucks.
Distribute PPE from the central hub to hospital departments.
About You
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, both face-to-face and over the phone.
- Confident using computers and entering data accurately.
- Strong attention to detail with a process-focused approach.
- Ability to work independently and use your own initiative to plan deliveries.
- Knowledge of manual handling practices.
- Full, clean UK driving licence.
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger, #aplacetobeyou,
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ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team.
To find out more about what we do - https://www.uk.issworld.com/
Work Location: In person
