Theatre Porters

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen to join our team of Theatre Porters at Wansbeck General Hospital. You will work as part of a small team supporting the running of the operating theatres.
Duties include transporting equipment and instruments between departments, moving and transferring patients, waste management, stores and the transportation of specimens etc.
You will need to be flexible and reliable in your approach to work and compassionate during patient contact. You will also need to be fit enough to deal with this physically demanding role.
The post involves 7 day working.
To assist in the direction of patients and visitors.
The conveyance and movement of patients.
The collection and delivery of pharmacy and sign for drugs, linen, refuse, clinical waste, trolleys, stores, beds, equipment and records to designated areas.
Reception and movement of medical gas cylinders within Health And Safety guidelines.
To assist in the training of all new support workers and Portering staff.
Changing medical gas cylinders and manifolds.
Maintenance of equipment.
Deliver to mortuary.
Transport clinical waste, rubbish etc.
Putting SASD trays away.
Assisting with the movement of patients inside theatres and recovery.
Assist in moving equipment.
Putting away stores in appropriate area.
Place sealed clinical waste bags into the clinical waste dispenser using appropriate protective gloves and apron where appropriate.

Please refer the Job description for details