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Job summary

Main area
Facilities - Portering
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Sunday shift pattern)
Job ref
110-EA079-0525
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Prince Charles Hospital
Town
Maerthyr Tydfil
Salary
£23,970 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Porter

Band 2

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join our busy Portering department in Prince Charles Hospital.  The positions will consist of working a rota pattern  of 12 hourly shift rotation & or 8hr hourly shift pattern Monday to Friday .  

The postholder will be expected to do the following:

  • The collection and delivery of specimens.
  • Medical gas cylinder delivery and collection.
  • Medical device transfers.
  • Waste management duties.
  • Postroom duties.
  • Driving duties.
  • Mortuary transfers.

Please note that the above is representative of the expected duties, but the list is not meant to be exhaustive.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

Porter services comprise of operational duties associated with waste, transport, mail, support to cleaning services and general hospital porter duty functions.

The role will also contribute to the provision of healthcare for the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) by delivering a porter service which meets all organisational and legislative standards and support the Facilities Unit commitment to quality standards.

Support the Porter Services Supervisor and Porter Team Leader in supervising the provision of Porter Services delivery that is managed from a Facilities Centre based at the hospital and ensuring a high quality service is delivered to patients, staff and visitors in accordance with service specifications. Post holder will be required to perform supplementary duties to respond to service needs and that are appropriate to the Facilities services and in line with their grade.

The role will also assist in developing, maintaining and promoting the highest standards of service delivery and team working practices, and helping to maintain open, effective communication.  Ensure a high quality service is delivered to patients, staff and visitors. 

 

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

 

We live by our core values:

  • We listen, learn and improve
  • We treat everyone with respect
  • We all work together as one team

 

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working within a busy customer focused and productive work environment (preferably within a healthcare setting)
Desirable criteria
  • Prior work experience of porter or transport services with the health service or related work e.g. retail, factory, HM forces

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate at all levels
  • Ability to work as part of a team

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Educated to a good standard of education or relative work experience
Desirable criteria
  • Basic knowledge of porter or transport, waste, caretaker, security services, healthcare porter services

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveDisability confident leaderStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.hyderus o ran anableddAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tracy Morgan
Job title
Facilities Support manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01685 728183
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