Hospital Porter

Porter | Tunbridge Wells | Full Time

Spire Tunbridge Wells arelooking for an enthusiastic Porter to join their Estates team . This is a busy and varied role sitting in the Estates and Engineering team where you will have the opportunity to take on various duties in the hospital.

Spire Tunbridge Wells is a 40 bedded acute hospital situated in rural Kent, located within five miles of Royal Tunbridge Wells and on the boundaries of West Sussex. The hospital offers a range of services and facilities including two operating theatres, a sterile services department, a dedicated endoscopy suite, and a diagnostic and imaging department with an MRI and CT scanner. There are outpatient and physiotherapy departments providing services six days a week.

Duties and responsibilities

• Collection of samples and drugs from ward/theatre/pharmacy/ departments and deliver to appropriate areas.
• To keep waste clear from all areas of the hospital and to ensure that waste is being correctly segregated and disposed of and to remove cardboard & non-confidential paper waste from hospital to recycled through NDC.
• To be responsible for the collection, from each department, and storage of confidential waste and its disposal when sufficient quantity allows.
• .To organise the collection and franking of out-going post throughout the Hospital. To include completing paperwork for registered/recorded post.
• To accept deliveries to the hospital, ensuring they are delivered onto the correct department in a timely and efficient manner.
• To report any maintenance requirements to the engineering services department.

. Who we’re looking for

• Excellent customer care skills.
• Pride in providing a quality service.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Empathy with vulnerable and sick patients.
• Ability to work within a Manual Handling Environment involving lifting and carrying.

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Kate Woodland on kate.woodland@spirehealthcare.com

For us, it’s more than just treating patients; it’s about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications