Team Leader Porter

WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE

Working Pattern - Sunday to Thursday either 07:30 - 15:30 or 10:30 - 18:30 shift.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in The Broadmoor Hospital Portering & Waste Department for a Band 3 Team Leader. The successful candidate will join a highly innovative team delivering high quality portering in an inpatient mental health setting.

This is an amazing position for someone who is driven to improve standards and the patient experience. You will be accountable for leading an in house team of porters and will work as part of the team, being responsible for a team focused approach to the portering team on delivering all day to day operations.

The successful candidate will assist and support the existing team in working productively and safely to ensure that all operations are managed to the best possible standards with the resources available.

You will support the Portering and Waste Supervisor in providing an efficient, safe and user based portering service in accordance with the standard operating procedures whilst adhering to all relevant Health & Safety, Hygiene, and COSHH legislation.

Main duties of the job

Lifting, handling, transportation and distribution of goods including food, mail, bedding, medication, newspapers, furniture and waste, and patient property.

To support other departments as required.

To ensure that confidential waste, prohibited items, confidential correspondence (e.g. medical records), valuables and financial items, medicines and medical items are handled correctly by Portering staff in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

To deputise for the Porter and Waste Supervisor in times of absence, days off, sickness or leave.

To liaise with relevant departments to ensure maintenance of Portering vehicles and equipment, ensuring weekly audit and weekend daily check documentation is completed, and any damage/defects are reported to the Porter and Waste.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full Driving Licence
• Good general education: reading, writing and basic numeracy skills
• Health & Safety qualification
• Appropriate waste management training that covers duty of care and legislation

Experience

• Experience of supervision of team members
• Experience in working in the NHS
• Experience working in a secure environment

Skills

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to motivate others
• Good organisational skills
• Able to resolve problems effectively and efficiently
• Good interpersonal and listening skills
• Able to work with minimum supervision and work with a team
• Knowledge of Microsoft systems including Word, Excel

Knowledge

• Good understanding of Portering / internal and external postal services and waste stream
• Good understanding of Health & Safety including Manual Handling techniques
• Good understanding of COSHH
• Good understanding of confidentiality

Other Requirements

• Good level of fitness

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

£30,630 to £32,346 a yearPer Annum Inclusive of Allowances