Job Description

An opportunity has arisen to join our busy Portering department in Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The position will consist of working a rota pattern as shift rotation.

The postholder will be expected to do the following:

The collection and delivery of specimens.



Medical gas cylinder delivery and collection.



Medical device transfers.



Waste management duties.



Postroom duties.



Driving duties.



Mortuary transfers.



Please note that the above is representative of the expected duties, but the list is not meant to be exhaustive.



The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.



Support the Porter Services Supervisor and Porter Team Leader in supervising the provision of Porter Services delivery that is managed from a Facilities Centre based at the hospital and ensuring a high quality service is delivered to patients, staff and visitors in accordance with service specifications. Post holder will be required to perform supplementary duties to respond to service needs and that are appropriate to the Facilities services and in line with their grade.

Welsh Skills Desirable:

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency ', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.



Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

We listen, learn and improve



We treat everyone with respect



We all work together as one team



We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.



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