Porter - Community for D2a/TOCT/TOCH

Role description

Job summary

Porter - Community for D2a/TOCT/TOCH: Fixed term - 30 hours

To provide safe, compassionate, and person-centred care and support to patients during their transfer from hospital to their community discharge destination. The post holder will be responsible for driving Trust transport vehicles and safely transporting patients to their discharge destination. They will assist with patient mobility, comfort, and wellbeing throughout the journey, ensuring patients are transported safely, with dignity and respect. The post holder will work closely with clinical teams, patients, families, and community services to support timely and effective hospital discharge, ensuring appropriate handovers and adhering to NHS policies, procedures, and safeguarding requirements.

Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role isunfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorship under the Skilled Workers route. This is due to the position not meeting the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 per annum and the required skill levelset by UK Visas and Immigration.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have theright to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

• Transport patients anywhere in hospital using wheelchairs, trolleys and/or beds
• Use the Trust IT / electronic systems
• Change oxygen and other gas cylinders following training
• Move mattresses and beds, complying with Trust manual handling techniques
• Move dirty laundry and replace with clean linen
• Collect/deliver drugs and samples to/from pharmacy/wards/departments
• Carry out all waste management functions as requested
• Transport meal trolleys to and from wards and to and from the kitchen.
• Use electric tugs to move food trolleys and heavy equipment around the site
• Move equipment safely throughout the hospital and patient home
• Move office furniture and equipment
• Fire warden duties as and when required
• Assist Security Officers as and when required
• Ensuring that correct and safe methods of work are employed at all times with extra care shown to the safety of patients, staff and visitors.
• Checking of equipment prior to use to ensure all faults are reported to the Clinical lead /ADM as they develop.
• Reporting any accidents / dangerous occurrences to the Clinical leads/ ADM.
• Attend relevant statutory and non-statutory training.
• Carry out duties in accordance with departmental training and Trust policies and codes of practice.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice