Responsibilities & Accountabilities (in no particular order of priority) Note: This job description is an outline of current broad areas of responsibility and accountability and should not be regarded as a comprehensive listing.
This role continuously develops in the Hospital, and this job description may be reviewed in light of possible new structures and/or changing needs of the Hospital. · Ensure patients, staff and public are dealt with in an appropriate polite manner at all times.
· Carry out all duties in a prompt, efficient and professional manner.
· Base yourself at the designated location as directed by the Portering Services Manager/their delegate i.e.
Front Hall, Theatre, Delivery Ward, Stores, Laundry, and Laboratory etc.
· Facilitate the movement of patients between all wards and all departments.
· To move goods/vital supplies including medical equipment, linen and blood.
· Manage/monitor/operate & respond to all equipment in the front hall in accordance with the hospitals Policies and Procedures.
· Attend to all alarms, paging systems, CCTV monitors, Radio and telephones in a prompt, efficient and effective manner.
· Act in accordance with hospital procedures with respect to all alarm and baby tagging systems.
· Actively control access to and in the hospital.
· Actively control visiting.
· Provide security related duties
· Actively Monitor CCTV.
· Complete incident report forms.
· Report all equipment faults in a timely and efficient manner.
· Control access/use of the car park.
· Sort and distribute all post to the relevant areas of the hospital.
· Collect and deliver linen throughout the hospital, change/hang curtains.
· Collect all waste and clinical waste throughout the hospital and dispose in accordance with hospital policy.
· Replace full wheelie bins with empty bins.
· Adhere to all Policies and Procedures including treating in a confidential manner all information exposed to in the course of carrying out these duties.
· Ensuring that all information released to patients complies with hospital policy.
· Ensure that full uniform as provided by the hospital be clean and worn at all times while on duty.
· Ensure good personal hygiene is maintained at all times while on duty.
· Attend meetings if requested to by Portering Services Manager/their delegate.
· To attend training as required.
· As the hospital provides a 24 hour service this post may involve day and night duty.
· Work in any location he/she is assigned to at the Hospital.
· Some cleaning duties required for cleaning hospital grounds and some hospital equipment.
· Transport any equipment, items or people as service levels require
· Perform cleaning duties in the interest of safety and service needs