Job Description
Job Purpose To provide a transport service to meet the needs of the wards and departments and to ensure that medical records, materials and equipment are safely and appropriately transferred around the hospital. To direct patients, staff and visitors to all areas of the hospital. To escort patients between departments, wards, building At Sodexo our Portering team are vital to making sure that we provide a high-quality service for our colleagues and visitors. To provide this great service, we have a talented team behind us, and currently have a vacancy for aPorter to join us! You will be responsible for managing your workload and that of your team, with a focus on ensuring a strict daily waste schedule is followed. You will identify and facilitate training needs for your team including moving and handling, ensuring you maintain a clean, hygienic environment. Accountabilities To work in the A&E Department To transfer patients in a safe and appropriate manner to and from the wards and departments via means of walking, wheelchair, stretcher or beds. To convey blood specimens in a safe manner from wards/departments to Pathology department. Conveyance of patient notes and x-rays to and from wards/departments. Removal of deceased bodies from wards/departments to the mortuary in a safe and dignified manner and to assist in viewing in the absence of the mortuary technician. To accept coroners cases into the mortuary in the absence of the mortuary technician Conveyance of deceased patients from ambulance to the mortuary. To replace medical gasses where necessary on wards/departments for the requirements of patients within the contracted hours. To assist in the transfer of seriously injured patients from the ambulance/helicopter to the A & E department. To use the designated blood tracking system to give a more traceable structure for the benefit of both the patient and the department. To help distribute drugs from pharmacy to wards/departments. To help transport, where specifically requested, in a safe manner patients from wards to theatres and vice versa. Assisting patients to be pat-slid across from trolleys to the bed with assistance from the nursing staff. To attend emergency incidents and support clinical staff in the event of cardiac arrests, major haemorrhage activations, fire alarm activations and major incidents. MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022. We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
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