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Do you have excellent time management skills? Are you self- motivated and enthusiastic? Then consider working as a Porter on the Acute Kidney Unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

We are a busy acute dialysis unit providing care for inpatients from across the site who require both urgent and planned dialysis treatment. 

As a dialysis porter you will be an integral part of the team. Along with collecting and transferring patients for treatment, you will also help our nursing team to deliver dialysis equipment to the bedsides for our most acutely unwell patients, and collect blood products.  

You will be  responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and organisation within the unit to ensure a clean, safe and comfortable environment for patients, as well as the coordination of stock levels. 

You will need excellent interpersonal and customer service skills as well as a commitment to working within a team to develop and improve our services.

If you are motivated and driven and want to be part of a team who are dedicated to improving the quality of care given to patients and enhance the patient experience

In return we will provide an induction program and you will be appraised on a yearly basis with a view to developing knowledge and skills.

Main duties of the job

To assist with the safe and timely transfer of patients between wards and the Acute Kidney Unit.

To transfer dialysis equipment as required. 

To assist in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards and
infection control practices in the clinical area as appropriate. Spot cleaning to ensure spillages are dealt with swiftly and efficiently. To ensure general and specialist equipment e.g. dialysis machines, infusion
pumps, and patient shared equipment are cleaned as
per the cleaning policy.

To ensure that the ward is safe and tidy at all times, there must be a
high standard of cleanliness maintained e.g. remove clutter, keep area
tidy.

 To maintain the cleanliness and tidiness of equipment storerooms.
To identify any problems with cleanliness and liaise with the shift leader
and Domestic Supervisor/Team Leader as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.