Job summary
- Main area
- Portering Services
- Grade
- DSFS Grade B
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 166-DSFS-7456611
- Employer
- Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- DSFs Ltd - Chesterfield Royal Hospital
- Town
- Chesterfield
- Salary
- £23,875 - £24,365 Pro rata Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/10/2025
Employer heading
Lead Theatre Porter
DSFS Grade B
Job overview
DSFS Ltd are looking to recruit into the role of Lead Theatre Porter.
As part of the multidisciplinary team within the Operating Department the post holder will play a vital role in the day-to-day operation and smooth running of the department. They will accomplish this by ensuring the facilitation of timely movement of patients between the wards and the Operating Department as directed and assisting with the movement and maintenance of equipment and materials both within the department and the hospital in general.
Main duties of the job
Collect blood as and when required.
Review the team rota on a day-to-day basis to ensure correct and safe staffing levels and appropriate skills mix.
Day to day management of leave and absence, including carrying out return to work interviews up to and including stage 1 and 2 absence reviews.
Actively manage staffing, review the need for staff recruitment, workforce planning and succession planning in cooperation with the faculties manager and Theatre Matron’s
Play an active part in the recruitment process, workforce planning and staff support for the ODO Team.
Ensure there is a nominated Team Leader to cover any absence and that they are aware of what is expected of them in that role.
Monitor, action, investigate and implement any changes necessary from Datix Reports
Constantly review the service, to identify areas of service improvement in relation to quality, efficiency and effectiveness.
Act as representative for the ODO Team at the Theatre Workforce Meeting and any other relevant meetings.
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 Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a detailed description of the role, the key results areas and team structure, along with the experience, skills and behaviours required.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- • Educated to GCSE standard English and Maths or equivalent
- • Management qualification ILM/NVQ or equivalent or willing to work towards.
Desirable criteria
- • Health and Safety qualification IOSH/NEBOSH
- • Lifting and Handling
- • ECDL / CLAIT
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of change management and decision making.
- • Experience of managing a team
- • Task prioritisation and allocation
- • Hospital Background
- • Portering/Theatres Experience
Desirable criteria
- • Conducting appraisals
- • Conducting absence control interviews
- • Management experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Good communication skills
- • Prioritisation and initiative
- • A common-sense approach
- • Customer care skills
- • PC literate-working knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages
- • Understanding of Portering Standard Operating Procedures and Emergency Action Plan
- • Ability to plan and manage tasks and see through to completion.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- • Confident and assertive
- • Smart appearance
- • Physically fit
- • Work under pressure
- • Demonstrate an ability to challenge when required.
- • Self-motivating
- • Demonstrate initiative
- • Evidence of a customer focussed approach
- • Resilient and ability to work under pressure
- • Demonstrate ability to prioritise workload
- • Diplomatic in difficult situations
- • Good written and oral communication skills
- • Show integrity
- • Excellent time-keeping including punctuality
- • Has worked in a team of people in a wide variety of backgrounds and understands equality and diversity
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ged Holland
- Job title
- Facilities Manager & LSMS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01246 513636
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