Job Advert
Porter
Facilities Services - The Balfour
Band 3 £23,023 - £24,917 including Distant Islands Allowance per annum.
37.5 Hour Contract – Week On, Week Off (75 hours per week on)
Fixed Term Contract for 12 months
A vacancy has arisen for a Porter to join the Porter Service at The Balfour.
Porter Services cover the needs of The Balfour and all departments that make up NHS Orkney. The main duties and responsibilities are; to work as a hospital porter in various settings including the stores, wards, clinical departments and various buildings out with The Balfour. To ensure all Portering services are delivered punctually and to suit the needs of the Hospital, including supplies, pickups, and deliveries as the service demands. The porter service is expected to react to the various increases and decreases in workload and a certain amount of flexibility is required.
You will be expected to have good negotiating skills and a calming influence on difficult situations, need to be flexible and prepared to make changes to daily routine at very short notice, excellent communication skills and to undertake various training for the role.
For more information on these posts, please contact Sarah Rendall - sarah.rendall@nhs.scot or Mandy Ward - mandy.ward@nhs.scot
This post is subject to a Protecting-Vulnerable-Groups Scheme record check.
A Recruitment Pack containing a Job Description and Person Specification is available to download below.