Porter/Maintenance Assistant

Description:

Job Description

Porter/ Maintenance

Location: Berkshire Independent Hospital, Reading

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Full-time (Shifts variable Monday to Friday)

Salary: Depending on experience + Benefits

Full clean driving license is required for this role

Summary:

The Berkshire Independent Hospital is one of Berkshire’s leading private hospitals with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality healthcare, treatments and services. The hospital, built in 1993, has 43 individual patient rooms all with en suite facilities. By investing in advanced medical technology, the hospital offers a wide range of treatments and services. The three fully equipped theatres with a seven-bedded recovery area are particularly suitable for orthopaedic procedures offered, such as arthroscopy, hip and knee replacement, spinal discectomy. A dedicated day surgery suite is suitable for minor surgery and endoscopy.

The role:

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Porter/Maintenance Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team at the Berkshire Independent Hospital, base in Reading.

As a Porter/Maintenance Assistant, you will be an integral part of a team who are committed to delivering the highest quality outcomes in a supported environment, where you will be valued for your skills and expertise.

With a strong focus on customer service, our Porters and Maintenance Teams provide a vital service in our hospital.

As a Porter/ Maintenance Assistant a full clean driving license is required for this role.

Shifts will vary between 6.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday.

You will be required to provide general porter services to all hospital departments, duties include:

Working with medical gases

Carrying our minor repairs and general DIY

Daily van run 

Security checks

Opening and closing the building

Waste Handling

Laundry

Supervising contractors

On call one week out of three

Undertaking planned preventative maintenance

Providing a postal service

varied shift pattern

Some weekend working will be required

You will need a full driving license

What you will bring with you:

Ability to work under your own initiative or as part of a small team.

Work within a challenging environment

Bring a ‘can do’ approach to the team

A flexible and positive attitude

Have good communication skills

Excellent customer service experience

Benefits:

25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays

Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options

Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period

Flexible shift patterns available where possible

Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies

Private Healthcare for you and dependents includes online GP

Life Assurance (Death in Service)

Free Training and Development via the Academy

Free Parking on site for workers (where possible)

Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)

Over 8,000 discounts and special offers via benefits portal

Book discounted cinema tickets on the dedicated cinema portal

The Blue Light Card Scheme

About Us:
The Berkshire Independent Hospital is one of Berkshire's leading private hospitals with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality healthcare. The hospital provides first class private healthcare for patients with health insurance, patients who self-pay for treatment or NHS patients exercising choice through the e-referral system.

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 50 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 11 countries with 77,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.

We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.

We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success. 

We are proud of our ‘Speak Up for Safety’ programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of everything we do. Join us and have more ‘Time to Care’. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

We value your application and welcome any questions you may have prior to applying. Please be advised that we reserve the right to close our advertisements prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process.

We care.
 

It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.
 

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks