Join Our Portering Team
Post 1: 36 Hours per Week
Shift Pattern: Monday to Sunday, working 5 days from 7
Location: Queen Margaret Hospital and Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline
NHS Fife has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Portering Service Team in West Fife.
Based across Queen Margaret Hospital and Lynebank Hospital, the successful candidate will provide a high-quality portering and driving service to support patients, staff, wards and departments, helping to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of hospital services.
About the Role
As a Porter/Driver, no two days are the same. You will undertake a variety of duties including:
Safe movement and transfer of patients throughout the hospital using wheelchairs, trolleys and beds.
Delivery and collection of goods, equipment and supplies.
Transportation of meal trolleys.
Collection and disposal of waste.
Furniture and equipment moves.
Mail room duties.
Driving duties associated with the role.
Providing an efficient ad hoc support service to wards and departments as required.
The role involves regular manual handling activities, and full training will be provided.
About You
We are seeking applicants who are:
Enthusiastic, reliable and flexible.
Able to work effectively as part of a team.
Committed to delivering excellent customer service.
Comfortable working in a busy healthcare environment.
Organised, with good time management skills.
Able to communicate effectively with patients, visitors and colleagues.
A flexible approach is essential, including the ability to cover alternative shift patterns when required.
Previous experience of driving vehicles, working within a team environment, customer service delivery and the use of teletracking systems would be advantageous.
Previous portering experience is desirable, however full training will be provided.
A full, valid driving licence is essential for this post.
What We Offer
In return, NHS Fife offers:
Competitive NHS salary and terms and conditions.
Enhanced rates of pay for weekend working.
Generous annual leave entitlement.
Full induction and training programme.
Personal and professional development opportunities.
Uniform and personal protective equipment (PPE) provided where required.
Successful candidates will be expected to adhere to the NHS Fife Dress Code and all relevant policies and procedures.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact: Karen Kay Assistant Support Services Manager Tel: 01383 674145
or Lisa Barr Support Services Coordinator Tel: 01383 674143
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be foundhere.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.
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