Porter (zero hours) University Hospital North Durham

Job description

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Engie are recruiting for a Porter Courier to be based in University Hospital North Durham DH1 5TW. This is a Zero Hours role (at £7.90 per hour)(required to work an element of nights, weekends and shifts).

The role holder will report to Porter Supervisor to provide an effective, responsive porter service of a routine and non-routine nature throughout the hospital, ensuring a high quality image and standards established within the departments are maintained. To provide a professional reactive couriers service to contracted destinations throughout the Northern area, ensuring all established standards are maintained and a positive image of the company is projected at all times.

•Undertake the collection of refuse, cardboard, dirty laundry, clinical waste etc. and segregation of the same for disposal and transfer to respective areas.
•Responsible for reporting incidents requiring pest control and supporting and assisting the cleaning and maintenance tasks involved with pest control.
•Undertakes the delivery/collection of laundry, pharmacy supplies, blood, specimens and patients notes as scheduled and directed.
•Undertakes the delivery, collection and sorting of mail and postal packages throughout the hospital.
•Responsible for the safe waste movement and safe waste storage (in line with Trust policy/BBW LOPs, policy and procedures).
•Respond to calls from the Maximo dispatcher within the Helpdesk to ensure portering contract requirements are met.
•Understand, apply, or provide support in emergency procedures including major alerts and fire procedures.
•Undertake goods receipt within the goods yard.
•Operate battery operated equipment.
•Responsible for the transfer of stock from trust central stores.
•Collect dirty laundry and waste from designated locations.
•Required to undertake ad-hoc requests as required including the movement and storage and disposal of furniture, office equipment, and ward equipment including heavy items as required.
•Assist security when necessary.
•Receive medical gases, sign delivery sheets and check stock level.
•Collection and Delivery of medical gases at ward level (empty for full process).
•Responsible for general upkeep of own work locations.
•Responsible for escorted patient moves, Beds, Wheel Chairs or Trolleys.
•Responsible for the distribution of non-stock items / goods towards / departments, ensuring that a signature is obtained on delivery.
•Movement of diseased patients.
•Vehicle driving within pre-determined parameters.
Training: 
•The Post Holder must be willing to undertake mandatory training as appropriate to the job.
•Training will be given in:
•Manual handling 
•Clinical waste (transfer note completion)
•Health and Safety and COSHH
•Fire safety
•Security
•Medical gases
•Use of mechanical equipment

For more information about ENGIE please visit:http://www.engie.com/en/candidates-area/

•Ability to plan and prioritise own work activities and manage own time efficiently
•Ability to handle a varied workload with attention to detail and be able to work on own initiative
•Highly motivated and capable of multi-tasking, coupled with a team player attitude
•Courteous, helpful and ‘can do’ attitude
•Ability to communicate well at all levels
•Reasonable flexibility to meet business needs

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. ENGIE do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This job advert is supported by the ENGIE Resourcing Team. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to ENGIE Managers.