Porter

Spire London East Hospital are looking for an experienced Hospital Porter to provide the highest standards of personal service to patients and staff in all departments and to provide a highly efficient and courteous portering and distribution service throughout the hospital and to work as multi-skilled member of the team providing high level, quality support to he hospital, covering any of the courier, portering, and security duties.

Spire London East Hospital (formerly Spire Roding) is located in Redbridge, on the borders of East London and Essex. We offer comprehensive private hospital services, ranging from outpatient clinics and physiotherapy to surgery and diagnostic tests in a relaxed, clean and comfortable environment.

The hospital has 24 inpatient beds and 16 day case rooms called 'pods'. Facilities include four operating theatres, an endoscopy suite, 2 extended recovery unit, pharmacy, x-ray, outpatient and diagnostic facilities.

Contract Type: Full time, Permanent

Duties And Responsibilities (not limited to):

To transfer, transport and guide patients safely around the hospital, as required, in a caring, sympathetic and professional manner
To assist in the safety of patients, staff and consultants
To collect and deliver clean and dirty linen
Responsible for the teams safe management of the collection and disposal of waste, both domestic
and clinical in line with corporate and hospital policy WM01
To assist with the general security of the hospital and associated grounds and report any security
problems to the Senior Management team
Report any maintenance issues to the Maintenance department via Pirana
To undertake driving duties as required

Who We're Looking For?

Whilst no formal qualifications are required you must be able to communicate with other members of staff and patients clearly and your personal appearance must be of a high standard, expected in a professional healthcare environment.
A clean driving licence is essential
Experience of delivering frontline customer service and working in a similar environment
Good communication and organisational skills
Excellent customer care skills
Ability to work without supervision
Caring and sympathetic
Ability to work evenings, nights and weekends

Benefits You'll Enjoy:

35 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
Private medical insurance & free Bupa wellness screening
Employer & employee pension contributions
Life assurance
'Spire for You' discounts & cashback at 1,000+ retailers
Career development & wellbeing support

Our Values:

We're proud of our heritage in private healthcare and live by values that guide everything we do:

Driving clinical excellence
Doing the right thing
Caring is our passion
Keeping it simple
Delivering on our promises
Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.