Flexible Porter

We have a great opportunity for Bank Porters to join our team at Queen's Hospital, Burton upon Trent (DE13 0RB). Porters provide support and assistance to healthcare professionals and play a crucial role in maintaining service levels during peak periods and staff shortages, ensuring that patient care remains uninterrupted. Porters are a valued part of our workforce, providing an essential service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A Bank contract offers flexible working hours. You are not committed to a set number of hours per week; instead, you work on an ad hoc basis, covering shifts that become available. A Bank contract is ideal for individuals seeking flexibility, as it allows you to choose shifts that fit around your availability, helping to achieve a better work-life balance. Bank work is also a fantastic way to secure additional income alongside other contracted employment. The role involves working under the direction of the Portering Supervisor on duty and covers a wide range of responsibilities, including transporting patients, specimens, beds, meal trolleys, medical gases, linen, and other essential items and supplies. A full manual driving licence is essential to this role., The role involves working under the direction of the Portering supervisor on duty and covers a wide range of responsibilities, including transporting patients, specimens, beds, meal trolleys, medical gases, linen, and other essential items and supplies. This is a varied and rewarding role that is essential to the smooth running of hospital services. We hope you find this opportunity exciting and would like to join our friendly, skilled, and dedicated team of Porters

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
• We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust - over 3,300 per week
• An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day - 6th largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
• We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
• We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day
  
  A shift pattern is in place, and below are examples of the hours you may be asked to cover:
• 06:00 - 15:00
• 09:00 - 17:00
• 13:30 - 22:00
• 22:00 - 06:00
Enhancements are paid for lates, weekends, nights and bank holidays.