Shift Porter - Scunthorpe

We currently have an opportunity for Porters within the Facilities Directorate, based at Scunthorpe General HospitalWorking in a busy acute hospital you will be required to undertake a range of duties in the provision of portering services, both planned and reactive.Candidates should be friendly, polite and to be able to work as part of a flexible team in a customer service environment.Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role. The cost will be deducted from pay over a three month period once you start employment and by applying you are agreeing to this undertaking and the Recruitment Team will share more details with you when appropriate., Your role will assist the service in providing an efficient, flexible and customer focused portering service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week across all sites, which will provide a comprehensive, planned and reactive Portering Service that is reliable, helpful, efficient and responsive to the needs of Patients, Trust staff and visitors.

You will accept and undertake work allocated through the task management system using a hand held device, which will involve such tasks as patient movement, distribution, stores, furniture, equipment, pharmacy, meals, pathology items, blood products, waste, movement of deceased, confidential waste, post and laundry around the Hospital site as required.

The Service will also support any Trust emergencies, incidents or event where required supporting the contingency and operation of the Hospital.

You will be required to work closely with your team and provide feedback which will assist in improving and developing the service via team meetings.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.