Porter

Job summary

Our Porters provide an invaluable service transporting patients on beds, trolleys and wheelchairs around the hospital site. They are also involved with various other duties, including moving furniture, delivering supplies and changing medical gases, for example, oxygen cylinders.

We oversee the post room and support with the delivery & collection of mail & records.

To succeed in this role, you must be well-presented, have excellent communication skills, be flexible and adaptable, and demonstrate a genuinely caring approach to others.

Porters work various early and late shifts (averaging 37.5 hours per week), including some weekends. Therefore, Saturday & Sunday work attracts a weekend enhancement in addition to the basic salary.

We offer excellent holidays (27 days annual leave rising to 33 days after 10 years' service (inclusive of public holidays)), a generous NHS pension scheme, and uniform and sick pay.

A comprehensive 5-day training package is provided, and Porters can complete an apprenticeship incorporating NVQ level 2 in customer services as part of their ongoing personal development.

Closing date: as notified on NHS Jobs

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a complete list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon residents, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill, a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and outpatient and diagnostic services. In addition, Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding', and we are one of the best-performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all we do.
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and whether patient care is the organisation's top priority.
• Our workforce is amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill Surrey

RH1 5RH

Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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