Job overview

1 x position of a 37.5hrs post has arisen within the Porter Services Department based at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon Hospital for a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

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

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.

To 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. 

Main duties of the job

This post is fixed term for 12 months to meet the needs of the service.

Porter will be required to work rostered weekly shifts to include weekends and Bank Holidays. 

The role covers the full range of hospital Porter duties and typically this will involve:

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

Full training will be given to become competent at all tasks.

This post is monthly paid.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

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.