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Job Description
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- Good level of general education.
- Willing to undertake further study
- Good customer service skills.
- Experience in a customer focused environment.
- Ability to apply and maintain standards consistently.
- Customer Service.
- Dealing with challenging behaviour
- Previous experience in Healthcare environment
- Previous experience of using a computer
- Understanding of medical gases
- Health & Safety and Infection Control Principles.
- Ability to effectively communicate / interact with others (both verbal and written)
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to adapt to changes in working practice
- Ability to use initiative
- Good level of general education.
- Willing to undertake further study
- Good customer service skills.
- Experience in a customer focused environment.
- Ability to apply and maintain standards consistently.
- Customer Service.
- Dealing with challenging behaviour
- Previous experience in Healthcare environment
- Previous experience of using a computer
- Understanding of medical gases
- Health & Safety and Infection Control Principles.
- Ability to effectively communicate / interact with others (both verbal and written)
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to adapt to changes in working practice
- Ability to use initiative
Job summary
The Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust have an opportunity which has arisen within the Facilities Directorate, Portering department for Bank General Porters to join our dedicated team. To provide an efficient, effective and fully comprehensive portering service across Maidstone Hospital and the Kent and Medway Orthopedic Centre.
The hours are flexible to cover absence/annual leave and vacant shifts . We are looking for lively and enthusiastic individuals that have excellent interpersonal and communication skills who are well motivated and hardworking and able to work as part of our team. You will need to have a moderate amount of fitness as this role can be physically demanding.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to assist with the movement of patients at the Maidstone Hospital and the Kent and Medway Orthopedic Centre. You will assist with the delivery and collection of a variety of other items including linen, specimens, medical gases and waste.
Previous experience of working within a healthcare environment would be advantageous but not essential as training will be provided.
About us
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Date posted
29 December 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£11.45 an hour pa pro rata
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
359-BANK13501
Job locations
Maidstone Hospital
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9QQ
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Interview Date: Friday January 19, 2024.
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Interview Date: Friday January 19, 2024.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Address
Maidstone Hospital
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9QQ
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Address
Maidstone Hospital
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9QQ
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.