Job overview

The post holder will support patient services in the North locality by working as part of a wider multidisciplinary team providing high standards of patient care.

To undertake routine portering and domestic duties within the Community Hospital site in line with the National Cleaning Standards, Divisional Operating Procedures and Trust Policies.

To drive Trust vehicles enabling the transportation of medical records, pharmaceuticals, laboratory tests and other essential items on behalf of the Community Hospital and North locality.

Main duties of the job

To be able to undertake general portering duties including (but not limited to):

• • Escorting patients and visitors
  • Transferring of patients by wheelchair, bed or stretcher following moving and handling guidance
  • Assisting patients and relatives from their cars as required
  • Collection and delivery of post and supplies
  • Collection and delivery of laundry
  • Moving furniture and equipment
  • Setting out and clearing rooms for planned meetings
  • Support the removal and replacement of curtains

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.