Support Roles

Description

This advert may close early, if we have received a sufficient amount of applications. Therefore you are highly advised to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in this position. 

Carrying out cleaning duties as instructed. 

Cleaning of departments, laboratories and offices as designated including communal areas, stairs, corridors, lift, and toilets. 

Carry out cleaning in accordance with schedules 

Ensure waste is correctly segregated 

Emptying rubbish bins and ensuring the replacement bags are in accordance with the Trust waste policy. 

Carry out safe hygiene practices and procedures in accordance with Trust policy and code of practice. 

Damp dust furniture, fittings, edges, ledges, paintwork walls, and doors. 

To maintain safe and efficient standards of work, following codes of practice. 

Description

Skills

• Ability to communicate with other catering staff regarding work issues and instructions

Training

• To be able to undertake a structured training programme through taught courses and on the job training to last approximately 3 months to include foundation certificate in food hygiene/level 2 food safety certificate, and equipment training (slicing, boilers, cooling kettles etc.). To be signed off as competent with a 3–4-month period

Experience

• Recent relevant catering qualification (within the last 3 years)
• Up to date awareness of Catering Procedures and Food Safety

Description

Onsite training will be carried out within all areas of the Decontamination Facilities.

• You will be required to use keyboards, touch screens and scanners.
• To experience repeated periods of intense concentration.
• To develop a high degree of manual dexterity, accuracy, precision, and speed.
• To push/manoeuvre trolleys, manually handle instruments, sets and stock.
• To work while standing for prolonged periods of time.
• To understand how to operate a PC, scanners, and label printers in order to operate computerised traceability system.
• To develop an extensive knowledge of medical devices and their functions.
• To use your initiative for routine and non-routine day-to-day tasks.

Description

Onsite training will be carried out within all areas of the Decontamination Facilities.

• You will be required to use keyboards, touch screens and scanners.
• To experience repeated periods of intense concentration.
• To develop a high degree of manual dexterity, accuracy, precision, and speed.
• To push/manoeuvre trolleys, manually handle instruments, sets and stock.
• To work while standing for prolonged periods of time.
• To understand how to operate a PC, scanners, and label printers in order to operate computerised traceability system.
• To develop an extensive knowledge of medical devices and their functions.
• To use your initiative for routine and non-routine day-to-day tasks.

Description

Knowledge 

• Understanding of Portering activities 
• Understanding of Department and Trust Health and Safety policies, written safe systems of systems of work and Department rules and procedures 
• Understanding of Portering equipment processes  
• Understanding and knowledge of pathology procedures for movement of blood products  

Training 

• Customer and support services or equivalent experience to an NVQ Level 2 
• Mandatory training as required for the role  
• Collection and transportation of blood products 
• Trust, Patient Support/Directorate Services induction training 
• On the job induction training 

Experience 

• Working a busy multi-faceted environment 
• Working a team based environment 

Communication & Relational skills 

• Good verbal communication skills 
• Ability to work as a member of a team 
• Good literacy and numeracy skills 
• Ability to work in a sensitive and unobtrusive manner around patients  
• Ability to use relevant electrical equipment safely 
• Ability to clean and maintain all Portering equipment in line with hygiene practises and protocols 
• Ability to assist in and demonstrating duties and operating procedures and good practice guides without the need for direct supervision 
• Be flexible in carrying out duties as instructed by Patient Support Team Leaders and relevant managers in accordance with the Departmental Rules and Procedures  
• Basic IT skills 

Description

• Support provision of kit/equipment in Musculoskeletal theatres (to include general instrumentation, loan kits and implants).
• Support an effective kit management service by ensuring kit requirements are acquired from surgical team and are planned in association with theatre scheduling.
• Inform CSSD of daily kit requirements and work with theatre department, scheduling team and CSSD to communicate and plan kit needed as per agreed processes.
• Ensure compliance with clinically agreed protocols of kit use.
• Continuously ensure kit expenditure is logged, managed and reportable.
• Ensure most cost effective and efficient route of supply is maintained.
• Ensure loan kit required for operating lists is ordered/returned in good time and recorded appropriately as per defined process.
• Manual handling including roll cages, moving instruments sets and unpacking deliveries.