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Job overview

The Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust have another opportunity
which has arisen within the Facilities Directorate for a full time General
Porter to join our dedicated facilities team in portering. To provide an efficient, effective and fully comprehensive portering service across
Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury.

The full time hours are 37.5 per week , based on rostered shift patterns.

We are looking for lively and enthusiastic individuals that have excellent
interpersonal and communication skills who are well motivated and
hardworking and able to work as part of our team.

Previous experience of working within a healthcare environment would be
advantageous but not essential as training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

The General Porter will be a multi-skilled person working with a team. To be
responsible for maintaining a comprehensive professional and responsive
high quality porter service to patients, staff, visitors and all service users. To
undertake the movement of patients, equipment, documentation, linen,
waste etc. in an efficient and safe manner. Maintain a clean and safe
environment in accordance with the specification and be responsive to
service needs as they arise and constantly seek to improve the productivity
and quality of the service. 

Undertake necessary duties to ensure that an efficient portering service is
maintained. These duties will be carried out both in patient and non-patient
environments.

All work must be undertaken in line with Health and Safety, Infection
Prevention, Security and all Trust Policy and Procedures. 

Working for our organisation

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly?  In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Please contact the Recruiting Manager for an informal discussion should you have any queries relating to the role for which you are applying. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via an email as soon as possible after the closing date. Should you receive an invitation to attend interview, please confirm or decline your attendance. Interview slots will then be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

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