Job summary
- Main area
- General Porter
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 319-7444802SC
- Employer
- Northumbria Healthcare - NHFM (Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management)
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Wansbeck General Hospital
- Town
- Ashington
- Salary
- £24,465 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
General Porter
Band 2
NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services for all of Northumbria Healthcare Trust’s sites.
Come and work for us and we can offer you:
- Competitive rates of pay
- Enhanced rates of pay for working evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays
- Favourable employment terms and conditions – we mirror NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions (https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook) which includes up to 33 days annual leave + bank holidays per year, generous maternity and paternity leave provisions, occupational sick pay, and much more
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Career development opportunities
- Fantastic staff benefits including car lease, home electronics, cycle to work and childcare schemes, priority access to vaccinations, physiotherapy, counselling, among many more
- A great employee experience - we score very highly on our employee satisfaction metrics
Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.
Whilst NHFM are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
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Job overview
We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and friendly individual to join our team of Porters at Wansbeck General Hospital.
This post is part-time - equating to 18.75 hrs per week and the current rota for this position is predominantly night shifts.
The post will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
- To assist in the direction of patients and visitors.
- The conveyance and movement of patients by wheelchair, stretcher etc.
- The collection and delivery of linen, refuse, clinical waste trolleys, food trolleys, stores, beds, bedding, furniture, equipment and records to designated area.
- The sorting of incoming mail and franking of external mail as required.
- Reception and movement of medical gas cylinders within Health and Safety guidelines.
- Removal of refuse from waste bins located outside the hospital entrance, on a daily basis.
- Daily cleaning of external areas situated at hospital entrances.
- The conveyance of deceased patients to the Mortuary.
- The preparation of deceased patients for mortuary viewing, out of normal hours, to a high standard as specified in exceptional circumstances i.e. road traffic accidents etc. where appropriate.
- The safekeeping of deceased valuables from mortuary to ECC department safe or cashiers office, in accordance with procedures where appropriate.
- To carry a bleep in the absence of the Head or Charge-hand Porter and instruct porters in their daily issues.
- To assist in the training of all new portering staff.
- Changing medical gas cylinders and manifolds.
- Driving, cleaning, refueling and maintaining records of the hospital vehicles and delivery of goods and equipment as required.
- Any other duties as deemed appropriate by the Management.
- Responding to fire or intruder alarms on site.
Working for our organisation
NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. Carrying out facilities management for a state-of-the-art specialist emergency care hospital - The Northumbria, three general hospitals - North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham hospitals - and a number of smaller community hospitals and clinic sites, we cover one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country.
Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To assist in the direction of patients and visitors.
- The conveyance and movement of patients by wheelchair, stretcher etc.
- The collection and delivery of linen, refuse, clinical waste trolleys, food trolleys, stores, beds, bedding, furniture, equipment and records to designated area.
- The sorting of incoming mail and franking of external mail as required.
- Reception and movement of medical gas cylinders within Health and Safety guidelines.
- Removal of refuse from waste bins located outside the hospital entrance, on a daily basis.
- Daily cleaning of external areas situated at hospital entrances.
- The conveyance of deceased patients to the Mortuary.
- To meet and escort the Fire Brigade following fire alarms and to act as a Fire Marshall as required.
- The preparation of deceased patients for mortuary viewing, out of normal hours, to a high standard as specified in exceptional circumstances i.e. road traffic accidents etc. where appropriate.
- The safekeeping of deceased valuables from mortuary to ECC department safe or cashiers office, in accordance with procedures where appropriate.
- To carry a bleep in the absence of the Head or Charge-hand Porter and instruct porters in their daily issues.
- To assist in the training of all new portering staff.
- Provide cover for the telephone operator in the event of breaks, holiday and to secure areas and operation of CCTV as required
- Changing medical gas cylinders and manifolds.
- Driving, cleaning, refuelling and maintaining records of the hospital vehicles and delivery of goods and equipment as required.
- Any other duties as deemed appropriate by the Management.
- Responding to fire or intruder alarms on site.
Person specification
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- You may also need to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. You may also be expected to work at any of the trust sites. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Qualifications / Experience
Essential criteria
- General education
Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Computer literacy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlene Sturgeon
- Job title
- Head Porter
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01670 529880
- Additional information
please contact during office hours
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