GENERAL PORTER/HANDYPERSON - £12.10 per hour 

Shaw healthcare are delighted to announce that we are a Real Living Wage Employer as well as the UK’s largest employee owned healthcare company. In our recognition of your contribution to the care that our service users need, we are committed to making sure your salary is significantly more than the Government National Minimum Wage. Our employees are at the centre of everything we do……

Are you a Friendly, Compassionate and Caring person who is looking for a career where you feel valued and where you are rewarded for the work that you do?  If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. Do you enjoy seeing people get the most out of every day and achieve what they want in life? This is what a Career in Shaw healthcare is all about. We look to provide as much flexible working as possible to secure your work/life balance.

Shaw healthcare is looking for a GENERAL PORTER/HANDYPERSON to join the team at Ledbury Care Centre You will join a team that is fully committed to making a difference to the lives of those who we provide care for. Our aim is to deliver the highest standard of care to our service users and to provide the same standard of care that we would expect our own family members to receive.

Duties include:

General portering duties of a routine nature under guidance of the General Manager/ Clinical Manager, including:

• escorting patients and visitors
• movement of patients by wheelchair, stretcher or bed
• collection and disposal of refuse
• collection and delivery of post
• collection and delivery of stores
• movement of furniture
• carrying out minor repairs, changing light bulbs/repairs to tap washers etc
• keep drains, gutters and gullies clear
• clean light fittings
• maintain wheelchairs as required

Benefits

• Excellent Career Opportunities
• Care Qualifications
• 76% Employee Owned - our employees have received over £1850 each in tax free bonuses to date!
• Refer a Friend bonus scheme (earn up to £1000 for each referral by you)
• Paid annual leave 28 days per year (based on hours) inclusive of bank holidays
• Company Sick Pay
• Enhanced payrates for bank holidays 
• Free Uniform
• Discounted Homemade Meals while on Shift
• Pension scheme
• GP online - providing around the clock GP consultation via an interactive app
• Colleague discounts – Access to over 1600 high street discounts including carefully selected discount partners.

Salary: £12.10 per hour

Working Hours: Part time - 15 hours a week. Shift times to be discussed