Porter - #149503

Kier Group


Date: 14 hours ago
City: Huntingdon
Contract type: Full time
We're looking for a Porter to join our team based in Huntington, Cambridge.

Location: Hinchingbrooke Treatment Centre - Huntington, Cambridge.

Hours: 15 hours per week, on a shift rota basis between 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Porter you'll be carrying out the movement of both Patients and other portable equipment, materials and consumables at Hinchingbrooke Treatment Centre.

Your Day To Day Will Include

  • Ensuring that all tasks listed within the portering specification are carried out safely, efficiently and within the appropriate response times,
  • Providing a prompt and safe portering and security service to all wards and departments, in line with the Trust's needs,
  • Being responsible for the collection and delivery of specimens,
  • Becoming trained, skilled and competent to deal with Medical gas bottle collection, delivery and connections,
  • Reporting all significant matters to the portering/security team leader.


What are we looking for?

This role of Porter is great for you if you have:

  • Previous experience of Portering within a medical environment, and can prioritising workload,
  • An awareness of Trust policies and guidelines,
  • A strong understanding of health and safety regulations with the ability to identify potential hazards and report them to the Team Leader,
  • The ability to show respect and compassion when dealing with sensitive situations,
  • Excellent Communication skills.


Would you like to work with a dedicated and professional team? Then we would like to hear from you!

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

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