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Job summary

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Porter
Grade
DSFS Grade A
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time
Job ref
166-DSFS-7259223
Employer
Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
Employer type
NHS
Site
Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Town
Chesterfield
Salary
£23,875 Pro Rata Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/07/2025 23:59

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Porter

DSFS Grade A

Job overview

DSFS Ltd are looking to recruit the right candidate into the role of a ED Porter on a 37.5 hour per week contract, to work within the Portering department predominantly based in the new Urgent Emergency Care Department based  at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

The duties include conducting a wide variety of Portering tasks, you will be expected to work a shift pattern covering 24 hours a day / 7 days a week including weekends.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Main duties of the job

Carrying out Portering duties based in the ED department of Chesterfield Royal Hospital and on EMU ward, on a 37.5 hour rotating rota of shifts 10.00-18.00 and 18.00- 02.00

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together. 

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Please see below link for the DSFS website.

DSFS - Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited | DSFS

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details of this exciting role.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Manual Handling Techniques

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work unsupervised
  • Adaptable to meet service needs
  • Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work as a team
Desirable criteria
  • Worked within a hospital environment

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to multi task
  • Computer and keyboard skills
  • Full UK driving licence for operating the waste collection vehicle*

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Physically capable of handling wheeled waste containers and furniture waste. For disabled applicants’ alternative arrangements can be made if required. Adaptable to meet service needs

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committedStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ian Hemsworth
Job title
Portering Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01245513940
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