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37.5 hours per week (see shift pattern below)

Permanent

Salary: £24,465 per annum

Closing Date: 17th November 2025

Interview Date: TBC

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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The main duty of the post holder is to provide a portering service to the Emergency Department, support patient transfers to the wards and to carry out routine ADHOC duties – supporting with department deliveries.

Liaising with the nurse in charge of emergency department and operational teams.

Shift Pattern - 13 x 11.5 hours shifts every 4 weeks. Shift times are 07:30-20:00 and 11:30-00:00

Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘ excel at patient care’ taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:

E ffective open communication

E x cellence and safety in everything we do

C hallenge but support

E xpect respect and dignity

L ocal health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme – find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme

To provide a portering service t the Emergency Department. To escort and convey patients by wheelchair, bed or trolley.

Transfer patients to wards, x-rays, CT scans, ultrasound, MRI and endoscopy.

To assist with the movement of patients using clinical manual handling procedures including pat slides and log rolling techniques. To use reasonable judgement when preparing to move a patient and check with clinical staff in unsure.

To transfer various specimens of blood to the pathology department.

to deliver and collect prescriptions from pharmacy.

Fetch blood from blood bank.

To assist in cardiac arrests.

To transports records to wards with patients on transfers.

To report any suspicious incidents and assist where necessary.

Support nurse in charge and operational team where required.

Attend mandatory training courses which include moving and handling, resuscitation, infection control, clinical governance, fire training, dealing with conflict training, pat slide training and log role training.

Operate communications device to keep in touch with other staff in the department.

To assist with pat slides in the department, wards and CT.

To assist with log roles in the department and C

Relationships

Internal: All George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust staff

External: Police Service - Ambulance Service - Visitors - External agencies

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.