Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Porter to join our team here at Ormskirk Hospital



Porters at Ormskirk Hospital perform a variety of essential duties:

Patient and Equipment Transportation:

Moving patients in beds and chairs, as well as transporting medical equipment and furniture between departments.

Logistics and Deliveries:

Transferring specimens, pharmacy boxes, and other important items throughout the hospital.

Waste Collection:

Collecting various types of waste, including potentially hazardous materials.

General Support:

Providing assistance and direction to patients and visitors.



The post holder will assist the Portering team leader providing a customer focused service.

The post holder will deliver an efficient and effective portering service to patients, visitors, and all wards / departments.

To ensure the patient environment is maintained to a high standard and safe working practices adhere to in all aspects of environmental/ hygiene management



Please ensure you have read through the attached and Person Specification before submitting your application.



Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.



We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care



Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.



Primary Care



Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.



Community Services



Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.



Specialist Regional Services



We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme



Financial Management



Ensure economic use of all materials

Ensure good practise to minimise waste



Quality Management



Ensure good customer relations working with patients and other groups of staff

Maintain and improve all aspects of the service

Participate, as appropriate, in staff involvement group for all aspects of quality



Hygiene Management



Ensure compliance with all legal requirements of food safety

Maintain high standards of personal hygiene as advised by infection control



Human Resources Management



Ensure compliance with all trust policies

Provide guidance and assistance to new or existing members of staff

To attend training course as required

To attend training courses as required and participate in annual refresher sessions in accordance with your personal development programme



Operational Duties



The collection of refuse including clinical, domestic, confidential, special and recyclable waste from wards and departments as and when required

The brushing of all hospital entrances to ensure high standards

To maintain a safe and secure environment for staff, patients and visitors to include regular security inspections and attendance at security incidents. To respond in the event of the activation of the fire alarm system

Issuing of keys

Safe patient movement (including unescorted x-ray and ECG patients)

Movement of case notes in line with the trust policy regarding confidentiality and data protection

The collection of soiled linen and the distribution of clean linen

The movement of furniture and equipment in wards and offices when required

Delivery of meals, stores and provisions to wards by means of using road vehicles both electrical and fuel powered means

To carry out daily safety checks on meals delivery vehicles

To safely collect and transport bloods and specimens to the labs

Transport blood to and from pathology and theatre

Assisting with the transfer of bodies from wards to the mortuary (ODGH only to arrange and liaise with relatives who may request to view the bosies. To prepare the bodies for viewing and identification. SDGH to open mortuary out of hours for undertakers)

Store keeping including storage and stock rotation

Postal delivery/collection as required

Medical gas checking and replacement

Car Parking duties (includes issuing car park tokens)

To comply with pharmacy work procedures as require