Bank Porter

City of Edinburgh Source: WhatJobs

£12.26 per hour

Porter | Wirral | Private Hospital | Flexible working hours | £12.26 per hour + excellent benefits

Spire Wirral Hospital has an opportunity for a Bank Porter to join our experienced Portering team on an as-needed basis. This role involves providing support to cover staff absences due to sickness and annual leave, as well as addressing any shortfalls in shift coverage and driving duties within the porter team.

Spire Murrayfield Hospital is a state-of-the-art private hospital. We offer fast access to consultations with specialists in a wide range of treatments, supported by advanced imaging and diagnostic technology. Our high-quality accommodation and aftercare means we’re committed to looking after you and your health.

Working Hours: include a variety of shifts following these schedules: Monday to Saturday from 6 am to 2 pm, 2 pm to 10 pm, and 10 pm to 6 am; Sunday from 6 am to 6 pm and from 6 pm to 6 am (Monday morning).
Contract type : Bank/Zero hours

As Porter, you will work as multi-skilled member of the team providing high level, quality support to the hospital working with the minimum of supervision, covering any of the courier, portering, cleaning, admin and security duties.

Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to):

Whilst no formal qualifications are required excellent communication skills and presentation are essential
Although escorting patients in a safe and friendly manner is a key function you will also be required to perform a number of varied duties
Managing deliveries, all waste collection and disposal (including clinical)
Movement of all goods and equipment when required and any additional tasks as requested
Hourly walk rounds of the hospital site and assisting in any security duties
Helping with any administration tasks that may be required i.e. medical records
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What do you need to have?

A clean, full UK driving license is required for the role
Excellent customer service and providing a friendly ear to patients during what can sometimes be a particularly unsettling time, our team of Porters provide a vital service in our Hospital
Good communication and organisational skills
Excellent customer care skills
Ability to work without supervision
Caring and sympathetic
Ability to work evenings and possibly some weekends
Able to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the department
Bank colleagues are paid weekly
We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
Access to Spire Healthcare pension
Free uniform
Free DBS
Full induction, including mandatory training updates
Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team

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

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

Driving clinical excellence
Doing the right thing
Caring is our passion
Keeping it simple
Succeeding and celebrating together

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

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.