Facilities Co-ordinator

at  East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

We are currently looking to recruit a Facilities Co-ordinator at Colchester General Hospital.
You will support the Portering and Waste manager in providing and maintaining a safe and highly efficient professional delivery of a high quality multi-task portering service to patients, clients, external agencies and visitors of the Hospital/Trust.
It is essential that staff are well groomed, courteous and considerate of others. Emphasis is placed on proficiency in working Portering systems, radio, Ipods and telephone networks. To ensure that the highest standards are achieved and maintained throughout the site(s), and provide a hands-on approach to motivate, train and encourage all porters.
ESNEFT is undergoing a transitional phase which may result in the outsourcing of Soft FM services to another provider from April 2025. Successful candidates will commence on ENSEFT terms and conditions before transferring employment to the new employer. Terms and conditions will largely remain unchanged upon employment transfer.
Assist in the allocation of overtime and/or agency cover ensuring the most efficient and effective deployment and utilisation of resources and keeping to within budget
To record absence and sickness, conduct return to work reviews, performance manage and improve records of those with poor sickness absence levels
Liaise daily with the Trust staff, including ward/department managers to ensure client satisfaction with the service provided including daily medical directorate managers meetings.
To maintain good communication with staff and peers
To carry out ‘Job chats’ with all the Portering team based on performance. Identify and provide relevant training to develop and achieve the highest standards.
To provide the delivery of both high-risk items e.g. blood and specimens and all patient orientated equipment, drugs, supplies and sort & deliver mail.
To operate wheelchairs, trolleys, beds and bed pushers in order to perform duties in a safe and purposeful manner.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Responsible for medical gas stock control and ordering. To arrange and deliver medical gas within the hospital complex and outlying sites adhering to regulations and local arrangements.
To meet and liase with the fire brigade in the event of a fire.
To collect and deliver hot meals and snack boxes to departments out of hours.
To create and format databases /spreadsheets for portering as necessary.
To carry out all risk assessments within the portering department and ensure that all safe systems of work are used.
Liaising with external agencies as necessary i.e. BOC medical, Panther taxis, Colchester Skip Hire and SRCL.
To ensure the correct moving and handling procedures are followed with regard to moving large/heavy/bulky items e.g. furniture and equipment, consideration of COSHH and RIDDOR regulations also applies.
To check all portering related equipment for defects and cleanliness throughout the day and ensure corrective action is taken where necessary, reporting all unsafe conditions of equipment to the Logistics Managers.
Required to attend all major incidents 24/7 when on shift. Responsible for the allocation and reallocation of all Portering staff during major incidents.
To assume the responsibilities of the Portering Manager out of office hours.
Carry out duties in an area where there may be physically/mentally-disabled patients.
To transfer bodies to the mortuary and complete all relevant documentation. Responsible for the preparation of bodies for viewing by relatives in the Chapel of rest out of office hours, whilst conforming to all religious beliefs.
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