Theatre Porter- DSU | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 29 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,169 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2025 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7105861/361-7105861 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Theatre Porter who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patient
You will be joining our team in Day Surgery (DSU) at Lister Hospital. Our DSU provides care to patients coming in for day case surgery.
In this role you will support the nursing staff with the transfer of patients and equipment to/from DSU as instructed by the Manager or nurse in charge.
This role will be ideal for someone would good eye for detail and great customer service skills.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
As a Theatre porter for DSU your main day to day responsibilities will be to undertake the transportation of patients and equipment to and from the Unit to other clinical areas within the hospital.
You will collect and transport medical devices, pathology specimens, x-rays and from pharmacy, as well as supplies, parcels, letters, and ad-hoc small items.
In this role you will also assist with sorting and stocking of stores as well as carrying out ancillary duties of a general nature such as furniture removals, transfer of equipment to other areas of the hospital. This will include the assembly and basic maintenance of equipment.
You will also deal with general enquires from staff, patients, visitors, and members of the general public in a helpful and courteous manner.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 13 May 2025