Bank Theatre Porter

Bank Theatre Porter | Theatres | Spire Murrayfield - Edinburgh | Bank | Weekly pay

Spire Murrayfield Hospital is looking to recruit a Theatre Porter to join their fantastic Theatre team on a bank basis.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Correctly undertake tasks that have been delegated in relation to specific patients as agreed with the care team
• Prepare patient, equipment and materials appropriately
• Obtain consent from patients before starting the tasks e.g. moving and handling, ensuring patient comfort and safety at all times
• Moving patient from bed to trolley; trolley to operating table; operating table to trolley; trolley to bed
• Identify and report to an appropriate person any significant changes that might affect the patient's health and well-being during escort duties and moving/handling
• Respect patients' privacy, dignity, wishes and beliefs and minimise any necessary discomfort
• Record information related to designated tasks and activities accurately and passes it on to the relevant person in the team on time
• Liaise with the theatre team regarding the organisation of theatre lists
• Provide patient support within the anaesthetic room
• Ensure moving and handling equipment is clean and in safe working order
• Ensure table attachments are clean and in working order
• Transport safely and timely specimens from theatre to the designated area, recording legibly and accurately necessary details
• Transport equipment as delegated by the theatre team

Who we're looking for:

• General portering abilities
• Infection control knowledge
• Health and safety knowledge
• Customer facing experience

Benefits:

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group that has been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 40 years. We have 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland.

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.