Porter / Cleaner - Abingdon Community Hospital

Abingdon-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom

1/17/2025

This is an opportunity for a hard working and caring individual to join a highly motivated, dedicated team of Porters and Housekeeping Team at Abingdon Community Hospital.

We're looking for reliable, flexible, and good team players who possess good interpersonal and communication skills with previous experience of moving and handling.

If you have a proven track record of being able to deliver a high-quality portering and cleaning service this could be the role for you and we want to hear from you!

Duties

You will be providing a high-quality porter and cleaning service. The aim of this role is to ensure a clean and safe environment for patients and staff. Duties include:

• Receive and check food deliveries, checking delivery temperature and reporting discrepancies to head housekeeper following food hygiene regulations
• Deliver meals to and from the kitchen onto the ward areas.
• Be available for the movement of patients within the Hospital complex, as required.
• Collection of pharmacy boxes and pathological specimens. (Special arrangements apply on Saturdays and Bank Holidays)
• Collection of dirty linen. Distribution of clean linen at weekends and holidays.
• Collection of refuse and other waste, ensuring that any waste bins in outside public areas are regularly emptied.
• Keeping stores and medical gas compound clean and tidy and kept secure at all times, reviewing medical gas trolleys and delivery medical gas to the relevant departments on request.
  
  

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Samantha Wilcox Job title: Acting Facilities Support Manager Email address: samatha.wilcox@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07917426596

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.