Job summary
- Main area
- Decontamination Unit
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- 1 year (secondment for 1 year)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hrs/wk between 06:00 - 23:00 Monday to Sunday)
- Job ref
- 177-ELEC-7191222
- Employer
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Jame Paget University Hospital
- Town
- Gorleston-on-Sea
- Salary
- £24,169 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Decontamination Unit Porter/ stores assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our busy team as a Decontamination Services Porter; helping to provide a comprehensive decontamination service to the Trust.
The full time post will involve distribution of decontaminated and used medical equipment throughout the hospital, as well as delivering equipment to defined schedules.
Main duties of the job
The job includes operating electrical moving aids and tugs around site. No previous experience is required, although it may be beneficial, as full training will be provided.
There is a requirement for moving heavy trolleys and the manual handling of heavy loads, for which training will be given.
Hours of work are 37.5 hours per week, between 06:00 and 23:00 Monday to Sunday. Weekend working will be required on a rotational basis.
Working for our organisation
Working for us
Every member of our staff plays a vital role in providing the highest possible standards of care for our patients. They are guided by our Vision, Values and Behaviours which underpin the work that we all do.
We’re a 450-bed district general hospital. Through the national NHS Staff Survey, our staff value our commitment to flexible working, and feel engaged and involved in how services operate.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Responsibilities of Post:
- To provide effective and efficient collection and distribution service for surgical theatre equipment, flexible endoscopes and other reusable devices for use in direct patient care.
- To provide support to decontamination staff by ensuring that materials for decontamination are; readily available in all work areas, storage facilities are kept well stocked, materials are received, stored correctly and maintained in a clean and tidy condition.
- The Decontamination Department is responsible for providing comprehensive decontamination services to the Trust.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake training and learn new skills
- English
- MATHS
Desirable criteria
- Portering
- stores
Skills, abilities and competencies
Essential criteria
- Good team worker with particular attention to detail
- Good communicator – customer focused
Behavioural qualities
Essential criteria
- Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working
- Kind and Helpful
- Takes pride in their work and their team
- Seeks out and takes opportunities for improving the service offered
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adaugo Okechukwu
- Job title
- Decontamination Business Manager HSDU
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01493452262
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