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Bank Porter

Reading, England, United Kingdom Part-time Posted 2 weeks ago
Job Description

Bank Porter | Maintenance| Dunedin, Reading | Flexible working | Varied role – which involves working across all hospital departments

Spire Dunedin Hospital has an opportunity for a Porter to join our outstanding staff bank. You will be part of a team that prides itself on providing exemplary service to our Patients, Visitors and Colleagues at all times.

Spire Dunedin Hospital has been serving the Reading community for over 100 years, as a first-class medical facility. Based in the heart of Reading, the hospital has two theatres, 16 inpatient beds, three recovery bays, Oncology services and an Endoscopy Suite.

Duties And Responsibilities

You will be working for the team responsible for the transportation of all patients, equipment, goods and waste throughout the hospital. This will involve plenty of customer service as you transport patients to and from their procedures, so great personal skills are necessary! You will transport medical gases, clinical waste and any equipment as required by the Manager. Full training is provided and you will be rewarded with great benefits.

Who We're Looking For

  • Have excellent customer service and can provide a friendly ear to patients during what can sometimes be a particularly unsettling time, our team of Porters provide a vital service in our hospital.
  • You will need to be comfortable with the often-physical nature of the role
  • Someone who has the flexibility to work varying shift patterns on our rota
  • Hold a full UK driver's license

Benefits

  • Bank colleagues are paid weekly
  • We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
  • Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won’t be applicable for all)
  • Access to Spire Healthcare pension
  • Access to Blue Light Card discounts
  • Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
  • Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
  • Free uniform
  • Free DBS
  • Full induction, including mandatory training updates
  • Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
  • Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
  • We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

  • Driving clinical excellence
  • Doing the right thing
  • Caring is our passion
  • Keeping it simple
  • Delivering on our promises
  • Succeeding and celebrating together
  • Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people

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