Porter

Job Purpose: To perform such duties as may be assigned by the Portering Services Officer/Deputy or such other person as may be designated by the Board.

Duties include:

 Report promptly for duty

 Maintain a high standard of personal hygiene, considering the special nature of the job

 Provide proper care and attention for all patients and staff.

 Collect and deliver Specimens when required

 Lifting, positioning, and walking of patients

 Escorting/transporting patients to other departments and hospitals as required

 Assist with removal of deceased patients to the Mortuary

 Collect and deliver messages throughout the hospital

 Move beds, lockers, and transfer beds from ward to ward as necessary

 Collect refuse, clinical waste, and other rubbish removal as per existing arrangements.

 Change and remove curtains as per existing arrangements

 Check and replace medical gas cylinders on a daily basis

 Report to immediate supervisor on any irregularities that might adversely affect the carrying out of assigned duties.

 Collect and deliver all bloods and blood products.

 Return all equipment (Chairs, Trolley, and Oxygen) to the correct department after use.

 Provide services on an overtime basis within reasonable limits as may be required

 Collect and deliver emergency Stores Supplies outside normal working hours

 Collect and deliver emergency Laboratory Supplies outside normal working hours

 Undertake to maintain a satisfactory standard of work

 Attend training programs that are arranged from time to time

 Comply with the Hospital dress code applicable to Portering Services

 Be familiar with and act in accordance with the health and safety standards of the Hospital

 Be familiar and comply with lifting and handling techniques

 Be familiar and comply with the Hospital Infection Control Policy

 Be familiar and comply with the Hospital fire policy, fire drill, and the Major Disaster plan

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 Be familiar and comply with the Hospital policy on waste disposal

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