Linen Assistant Porter

To work as part of the operational portering team delivering essential items between wards and departments. The post holder will ensure linen and laundry is delivered to the relevant areas required.

The post holder will be removing dirty linen and laundry from the relevant areas to be collected for laundering. You will undertake a number of other basic portering tasks, including BOC, medical gasses, pharmacy and undertaking other basic portering duties and delivering of stores

The post holder will be responsive to the requirements of the service, sensitive to patients needs, courteous and caring to all service users. Work may be planned or require an immediate response

This is a part time position working 24 hours per week,
Mon, Tue, Wed, Sat - 5hrs - 7am - 12pm & Sun - 4hrs - 8am - 12pm.

• Undertake the delivering linen and laundry to relevant areas and collecting dirty linen and laundry within the Trusts outer buildings and segregation of the same for transfer to respective areas.
• Responsible for reporting incidents requiring pest control and supporting and assisting the cleaning and maintenance tasks involved with pest control.
• Undertakes the delivery/collection for pharmacy deliveries.
• Respond to calls from the Radio Systems within the Link Desk to ensure tasks requirements are met.
• Understand, apply, or provide support in emergency procedures including major alerts and fire procedures.
• Required to undertake requests as required including the movement and storage of furniture and office equipment within Trusts outer areas and ward equipment including beds and heavy items as required within the hospital.
• Provide a messenger service between wards and departments. Ensure common areas are kept clean and tidy.
• Responsible for the distribution of non-stock items / goods to wards / departments, ensuring that a signature is obtained on delivery on an ad-hoc.
• Participate in the provision of an out of hours gritting in entrances when necessary within Trust outer buildings.
• Understand of the operation of the department to assist in its smooth running and enable them to prioritise workload.

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Qualifications

• Good standard of education in Maths and English.

Experience

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work well as part of the team across site
• Ability to work flexibly, quickly and accurately.

Skills & Abilities

• Good communication skills and positive contributions to the service needs
• Recognising Diversity
• Work on own initiative.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to satisfy Occupational Health screening
• Adaptable and flexible according to the demands of the service
• Understanding of need to maintain confidentiality

• Please click 'apply now' to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application)

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.